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Synonyms for step-up

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

come out level up offer step forward volunteer rev up escalate

All synonyms

Verb

step forward, level up, come forward, offer, come out, intensify, rev up, quicken, escalate, volunteer

Noun

increase, speed-up

Antonyms

stepdown

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps.

    Step up your shower game!

  2. n. 1

    A workout movement wherein one leg stands on an elevated surface and lifts in the concentric part the rest of the body up onto it to target – depending on angle and starting distance of the other leg and weights applied by the arms – the femoral and gluteal muscles variously.

Related words

Is a kind of
exercise movement
Other spellings
step up

Forms

Plural
step-ups → increases, speed-ups…

Example sentences

  • offer I am surprised that she refused such a good offer.
  • volunteer Tom is probably not going to volunteer to do that.

By length

5 letters
offer2
7 letters
quicken2
8 letters
increase2, escalate3
9 letters
volunteer3, intensify4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (offer2 = 2 syllables).