BUILDS Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

builds 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of build

as in constructs

to form by putting together parts or materials he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit

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builds

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noun

plural of build

as in shapes

the type of body that a person has has a slender build

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Recent Examples of builds

Verb

As a broad upper-level ridge builds across the central and eastern United States, high pressure will remain in control through much of the upcoming week. — CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026 Delaney will be tasked with overseeing digital publishing and NBC News AI efforts, work that has become more important as NBC News builds out a suite of digital and streaming products. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026 Durable investment builds the capabilities that allow companies and communities to keep moving forward together. — Paul Cho, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 Retaining and developing a workforce is what builds human capital equity, and without that foundation, the next generation of leaders will never emerge. — Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The model builds upon the previous cost realignment plan announced in March 2026. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 In order to be helpful, Muse constantly builds extensive dossiers of users and their desires, social relationships, and messaging behaviors, TIME’s Harry Booth reported this month. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 22 Oct. 2026 The figures, cited in a prospectus obtained by The Wall Street Journal, come as the company builds towards an IPO that could value it at $2 trillion. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026 Meet Helios Quantinuum builds what are called trapped ion quantum computers. — ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026

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With builds ranging up to $6,000, the new ROG Strix Scar 18 will make a substantial dent in your bank account. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 These builds were used for blocking sequences and rehearsals. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Even when a race is uphill, showing up builds trust, strengthens local party infrastructure, and lays the groundwork for future victories. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 Nike also says the leather used on the ’01 builds is more premium, which provides greater definition between the overlays and underlays. — Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 That law aims to avoid delays in the construction timeline for new builds, which not only slows completion of new housing but adds to the cost of development for that project. — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2026 The 46-year-old builds sculptures, art installations, archives and community. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 To set the stage for that next step in roster builds, here are 10 veterans still on the market who could make an impact in 2026. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Over 12 terabytes of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been leaked. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Zvyagintsev meticulously constructs a window into the life of Gleb, the CEO of a Russian transport company who occupies a sleek modern home with his wife and son, but there’s a clear disconnect between them.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of constructs

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Silfab is a Canadian company that manufactures and assembles solar panels.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026
Simpler battery packs lower costs The company buys battery cells and assembles its own packs rather than manufacturing the cells themselves.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembles

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The cost figures draw on the Family Budget Calculator developed by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute from federal data on rents, food costs and consumer spending, with The Post’s own health care estimates.

— Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Another star turn goes to Mary Ellen Pleasant, who was arguably America’s first Black millionaire and inarguably one of the most canny and chameleonlike figures this country has ever produced.

— Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of figures

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This creates a compounding cycle of high-cost debt where the business borrows money strictly to service existing commercial obligations, effectively pulling the operation underwater.

— Nathan Mor, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
To see how this spread creates randomness throughout the world, consider an ordinary coin-flip experiment again.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of creates

Noun

In this iteration, their physiques are displayed not for aesthetic purposes but as a visual manifestation of volatile power.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
Some undergo cosmetic procedures and reportedly inject their bodies with peptides, testosterone, and other substances that enhance their physiques.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of physiques

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Ukraine's General Staff that day said its forces hit an electronics plant in Oryol that makes components for the cruise and ballistic missiles Russia fires at Ukrainian cities.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Pulling on a long rope of influences that begins with the Wilsons and runs through British prog, bedroom pop, and chillwave, Doomed is a serene and satisfying collection which, like its forebears, makes a personal matter of universal consciousness.

— Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of makes

Noun

Their second record is somewhat sleeker—no song surpasses five minutes—but packs considerable emotion into these tighter forms.

— Marissa Lorusso, Pitchfork, 28 Oct. 2026
The report that examined 180,000 programme contributions to UK TV shows compiled via 12,000 diversity forms spotlighted the scale of the improvement required for the industry to reflect the make-up of the UK as a whole.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2026