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Synonyms of building
(Entry 1 of 2)
something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity
- English class will be in that big stone building over there
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building
verb
present participle of build
Synonyms & Antonyms of building (Entry 2 of 2)
to form by putting together parts or materials
- he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit
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- carpentering,
- fashioning,
- forging,
- framing,
- hammering,
- handcrafting,
- manufacturing,
- molding,
- producing,
- shaping
- beginning,
- coining,
- creating,
- generating,
- inaugurating,
- initiating,
- innovating,
- inventing,
- originating
- reassembling,
- rebuilding,
- reconstructing,
- redeveloping,
- reedifying
- [British],
- retrofitting
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The first known use of building was in the 13th century
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