Dictionary Definition
buildup
Noun
1 the act of building up an accumulation; "I
envied his rapid buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in
preparation for the invasion"
2 the result of the process of accumulation; "the
buildup of leaves blocked the drain pipes"
3 highly favorable publicity and praise; "his
letter of recommendation gave her a terrific buildup"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- accumulation
- Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
access,
accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, acknowledgment, addition, advance, advertising, advocacy, advocating, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, assemblage, assembly, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, blurb, boom, boost, broadening, bruiting, building, combination, commendation, composition, compound, constitution, construction, crescendo, development, drumbeating, edema, elevation, embodiment, enlargement, expansion, extension, fabrication, fashioning, flack, flood, formation, gain, getup, good word, greatening, growth, gush, hike, honorable mention, hype, incorporation, increase, increment, inflation, jump, junction, leap, make, makeup, mixture, mounting, multiplication, organization, piecing
together, plug,
press-agentry, productiveness, proliferation, promoting, promotion, publicization, publicizing, puff, puffery, putting together,
raise, recognition, rise, setup, shaping, snowballing, spread, structure, structuring, surge, swelling, syneresis, synthesis, tumescence, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing, widening