build up
Amass over time
Build up means to accumulate or increase gradually over time.
Pressure builds up, tension builds up, savings build up.
To build someone up is to strengthen or encourage them: The coach built up her confidence before the match.
To build something up is to develop it: He built up the business from nothing.
A buildup (noun) is the result—an accumulation or increase: a military buildup, a buildup of plaque.
Collect in quantity
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
- hoardHidden accumulated valuables
- gatherBring or come together
- collectBring items together
accrue · pile up · store · aggregate · compile · assemble · heap · accumulate
Cause gradual growth
- expandIncrease in size
- increaseGrowth in amount
- escalateIncrease in severity
- proliferateReproduce or spread swiftly
flourish · progress · advance · mature · evolve · bloom · burgeon · mushroom
amass
Collect in quantity
collect · accrue · pile up · store · aggregate · compile · assemble · heap · accumulate · squirrel away
develop
Cause gradual growth
proliferate · flourish · progress · advance · mature · evolve · bloom · burgeon · mushroom · snowball
fortify
Make stronger against threat
consolidate · enhance · intensify · buttress · cement · underpin · support · shore up · toughen · harden
promote
Raise in rank
tout · trumpet · plug · boost · talk up · pitch · spin · sensationalize · exaggerate · oversell
- gathering verbsgather, collect, accumulate, amass, compile
- progress wordsadvance, progress, improve, grow, develop
- strengthenstrengthen, reinforce, fortify, bolster, toughen
- encourageencourage, urge, cheer on, exhort, motivate
- stackingstack, pile, heap, layer, tier
- DJingscratching, beatmatching, crossfader, turntable, mixing