buildup [bild-uhp]
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buildup [bild-uhp]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: development; accumulation
Synonyms: accretion, advertising, enlargement, escalation, expansion, gain, growth, heap, hype, increase, load, mass, plug, promotion, publicity, puff, stack, stockpile, store
Antonyms: decrease, destruction, reduction
Main Entry: accrual
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: growth
Synonyms: accumulation, amassing, amassment, buildup, increase
Main Entry: accumulation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: gathering or amassing
Synonyms: accession, accretion, addition, agglomeration, aggrandizement, aggregation, amassment, augmentation, build-up, chunk, collecting, collection, conglomeration, enlargement, gob, growth, heap, hoarding, hunk, increase, inflation, intensification, mass, multiplication, pile, quantity, stack, stock, store, trove, up, upping
Antonyms: dispersal, dispersion, dissipation, scattering
Main Entry: advance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: improvement, progress in development
Synonyms: advancement, amelioration, betterment, boost, break*, breakthrough, buildup, development, enrichment, furtherance, gain, go-ahead, growth, headway, increase, progress, promotion, rise, step, up, upgrade, upping
Notes: advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal
Antonyms: block, failure, impediment, recession, stagnation
Main Entry: advertising
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire
Synonyms: PR, announcement, announcing, ballyhoo, billing, blasting, broadcasting, buildup, displaying, exhibiting, exhibition, exposition, hard sell, hoopla*, hype*, pitch, plug, posting, proclamation, promo, promoting, promotion, publicity, puff, screamer, spread, squib
Main Entry: amplification
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: increase in size or effect
Synonyms: addition, augmentation, boost, boosting, buildup, deepening, development, elaboration, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion, expatiation, extension, fleshing out, heightening, intensification, lengthening, magnification, padding, raising, strengthening, stretching, supplementing, upping, widening
Antonyms: abridgement, compression, condensation, contraction, decrease, lessening, shortening
Main Entry: augmentation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: making greater; improving
Synonyms: accession, accretion, addition, amplification, beefing up, boost, buildup, development, enhancement, enlargement, enrichment, expansion, extension, fleshing out, growth, heightening, hike, increase, increment, inflation, intensification, magnification, multiplication, raise, reinforcement, rise, strengthening, swelling, up, upping
Antonyms: decrease, degradation
Main Entry: boost
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: encouragement
Synonyms: aid, assistance, backup, buildup, goose, hand*, handout, help, helping hand, improvement, leg up, leg*, lift, praise, promotion, shot in the arm, support
Antonyms: discouragement, hindrance
Main Entry: development
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: growth
Synonyms: adding to, addition, adulthood, advance, advancement, advancing, augmentation, augmenting, boost, buildup, chrysalis, developing, elaborating, enlargement, evolution, evolvement, evolving, expansion, flowering, hike, improvement, increase, increasing, making progress, maturation, maturing, maturity, ongoing, ontogenesis, ontogeny, perfecting, progress, progression, reinforcement, reinforcing, ripening, spread, spreading, unfolding, unraveling, upgrowth, upping
Antonyms: decline, decrease, stoppage
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