chum up

1. 1.

   become friends; act friendly towards

   Synonymspalpal up

   Broaderbefriend

Questions about chum up

What does chum up mean?

chum up means "become friends; act friendly towards".

What is another word for chum up?

Close synonyms include pal, pal up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chum up a common word?

chum up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.