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build

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of build

the type of body that a person has

has a slender build

Synonyms of build

constitution, figure, form, frame, habit, physique, shape

Words Related to build

anatomy, structure

build

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of build

to form by putting together parts or materials

he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit

Synonyms of build

assemble, confect, construct, erect, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up

Words Related to build

carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape

begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate

constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)

reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit

jerry-build, rig (up), throw up

Phrases Synonymous with build

Near Antonyms of build

demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck

blow up, explode

detach, disengage

disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate

Antonyms of build

demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down

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