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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for buildup:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

buildup
    n 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"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

buildup \build"up\, build-up \build-up\n.
   1. the act of building up an accumulation.

   Syn: build-up.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. the events, such as advertising or publicity, causing
      increased interest in some coming event. The buildup to
      Superbowl XXIV was the most intense of the series.
      [PJC]

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