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Synonyms for work-up

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

exhilarate ramp up pluck up

All synonyms

Verb

1. Agitate — to raise; to excite; to stir up

agitate, inflame, kindle, rouse, set fire to, set on fire, fire, wake, provoke, stir up, stir, summon up, incite, arouse, excite, awaken, whet, animate, exhilarate, enkindle dated

Other

work out, ramp up, pluck up

Noun

get-up, build-up, progress, scrub baseball, build, wind-up

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To raise; to excite; to stir up.

    He worked up the public's passions to rage.

  2. n. 1

    A general medical examination to assess a person's health and fitness.

Related words

Other spellings
work up workup

Forms

Plural
work-ups → get-ups, build-ups, progresses, builds…

Example sentences

  • exhilarate A Christmas present like that will certainly exhilarate him.

By length

4 letters
fire2, wake1, stir1, whet1
5 letters
build1, rouse1
6 letters
kindle2, awaken3, excite2, incite2, arouse2
7 letters
provoke2, animate3, agitate3, inflame2
8 letters
progress2, enkindle
10 letters
exhilarate4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).