VAMP (UP) Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

vamp (up)

verb

Definition of vamp (up)

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination political spin doctors who can vamp up a justification for just about anything

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Over the following weeks, the group of roughly 15 people spoke almost daily to trace the vulnerabilities to their common source and devise a fix.

— Harry Booth, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
With her knack for devising novel solutions to seemingly insoluble problems, no one was better suited for the job.

— Dean Robbins, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of devise

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Its beauty is only rivalled by the bubbling powder-blue domes of nearby Süleymaniye Mosque, constructed by Mimar Sinan, a contemporary of Michelangelo.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Amentum, by contrast, brings the nuclear safety protocols, systems engineering, and large-scale delivery management needed to construct actual industrial facilities.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of construct

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An amalgam of the precise and the visionary, such as Turner alone could concoct.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2026
Churchill got the approval of Gilded Age showrunner and creator Julian Fellowes, as well as HBO head of drama Francesca Orsi and CEO Casey Bloys, and then concocted a way that the cameo could work without being too distracting to the audience.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of concoct

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With instant messaging yet to be invented, 11 am—the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month—was chosen to be the time when hostilities would officially cease in order to allow news of the armistice to reach the front lines.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 3 Nov. 2026
The Brick, invented in early 2023, is the latest attempt at limiting screen time and fighting phone addiction.

— Jane Miller, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of invent

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Still, any empathy that the series looks to drum up for him is limited by the fact that the character takes equality as an affront—Clive can’t feel tall without someone to stand over.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
On the eve of the protests, pro-communist, anti-Israel groups are drumming up international publicity for the waterfront campaign.

— Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of drum up

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