Thesaurus:build

Thesaurus

build

English

Verb

Sense: to construct

Synonyms

• artifice
• assemble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• betimber
• build
• build up
• compile (obsolete)
• construct
• edify
• erect
• extruct (obsolete)
• fabricate
• fashion
• form    [⇒ thesaurus]
• knock up
• make
• manufacture
• produce
• put together
• put up
• raise
• rear (rare)
• timber (obsolete)
• upbuild

Antonyms

• demolish
• destroy    [⇒ thesaurus]
• disassemble
• dismantle
• knock down
• raze
• ruin
• take apart
• tear down
• wreck

Hyponyms

• mason
•   —
• bring about
• compile
• compose    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nidulate
• quilt
•   —
• outbuild
• overbuild
• rebuild

Hypernyms

• create    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:building
• Thesaurus:increase
• Thesaurus:nurture
• Thesaurus:physique

Further reading

• “161. production” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “240. form” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “build” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.