Add and Build

Add

Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.

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Build and add are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Build" instead a verb "Add".

Nearby Words: added, adding

Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

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Add and build are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Add" instead a verb "Build".

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

character	add character	build character
power	add power	build power
stuff	add stuff	build stuff
number	add number	build number
Other words: characters, tension, weapon, armor, weapons.

It's a new spin to a familiar story and the author does it beautifully by using her character to build and add to the characters we already know and love.

Source: Fanfic Recs / The Elder Scrolls
Instead of power, you start off with 20 food and must build additional Farms to add 20 more each time.

Source: Video Game / Eight Bit Armies
Played for laughs in World's Greatest Dad, where the kid suggests to his dad they could build a rocket, only to add that the idea was retarded.

Source: Awkward Father-Son Bonding Activity

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Build and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/build

Add & Build. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/build>.

Build or Add. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/build.

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