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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Judge Kaplan gave the city two weeks to devise a plan for handing over the names.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026
To avoid such pitfalls, researchers want to devise tests of introspection that can’t be gamed using outside information.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of devise

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Buildings constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps take on water, and much of the park’s infrastructure is more than 100 years old.

— Remy Schwartz, New York Daily News, 13 Nov. 2026
The developers at 2625 Bedford Avenue had active permits for excavation and foundation work in order to construct a new building, which is set to be three stories tall.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of construct

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So her husband Stephen Ellsworth — Poppi's former CEO, who teased her about never being hydrated — asked a former employee to concoct a hydration beverage that his family would actually drink.

— Megan Sauer, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2026
This is what led American astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin to concoct their Planet Nine hypothesis in 2016.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of concoct

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Following their Sega failure, Nvidia invented a graphics processing unit (GPU), a semiconductor, or chip, that has fueled the AI revolution and made Nvidia one of the most valuable companies in the world.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026
Anglepoise invented the now ubiquitous and widely imitated adjustable-spring desk lamp in the nineteen-thirties.

— Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 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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