Synonyms of built

built 1 of 2

adjective

as in stacked

Related Words

• stacked
• ample
• ripe
• replete
• shapely
• well-endowed
• curvaceous
• voluptuous
• plump
• curvy
• buxom
• round
• beefy
• busty
• obese
• bosomy
• full
• chubby
• statuesque
• rotund
• overweight
• pudgy
• corn-fed
• bulky
• corpulent
• chesty
• fleshy
• tubby
• plumpish
• zaftig
• stocky
• gross
• portly
• stout
• lardy
• burly
• thickset
• thick
• blubbery
• chunky
• fat
• full-figured
• Rubenesque
• squat
• heavyset
• podgy
• brawny
• hefty
• dumpy
• weighty
• heavy
• husky
• stubby
• roly-poly
• potbellied
• Junoesque
• paunchy
• flabby
• hippy
• endomorphic
• soft

Dissimilar Words

• angular
• pinched
• wasted
• gaunt
• skeletal
• bony
• lanky
• rawboned
• sinewy
• slight
• lank
• puny
• scrawny
• emaciated
• haggard
• spindly
• reedy
• rangy
• weedy
• lean
• cadaverous
• scraggy
• thin
• willowy
• svelte
• waspish
• stringy
• slender
• spare
• twiggy
• skinny
• slim
• anorexic
• sylphlike
• spindling
• ectomorphic

built

2 of 2

verb

past tense of build

as in constructed

to form by putting together parts or materials

he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• constructed
• assembled
• made
• created
• erected
• designed
• manufactured
• established
• produced
• fabricated
• pieced
• reared
• made up
• raised
• rebuilt
• set up
• put together
• put up
• confected
• generated
• concocted
• shaped
• founded
• fashioned
• molded
• invented
• forged
• organized
• originated
• began
• reconstructed
• initiated
• prefabricated
• instituted
• devised
• inaugurated
• framed
• conceived
• hammered
• constituted
• coined
• handcrafted
• carpentered
• reassembled
• imagined
• combined
• fathered
• innovated
• contrived
• retrofitted
• cooked (up)
• thought (up)
• redeveloped
• threw up
• reedified
• united
• rigged (up)
• jerry-built

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantled
• destroyed
• struck
• disassembled
• demolished
• ruined
• wrecked
• flattened
• shattered
• knocked down
• razed
• smashed
• tore down
• dismembered
• leveled
• pulverized
• took down
• exploded
• pulled down
• devastated
• demounted
• divided
• detached
• blew up
• separated
• ruinated
• disengaged
• disconnected
• disjoined
• disunited

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of built

Adjective

Enter into the open great room, which has a gas fireplace, dining area, and handsome built-ins. — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2019

The department was built 30 years ago and has not been substantially expanded even as emergency medicine has become more sophisticated. — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2019

But Iran, which not only built way stations along the route but has spent millions over the last five years renovating Shiite shrines in the Iraqi cities of Karbala and Najaf, also took credit. — New York Times, 22 Oct. 2019

Verb

OpenAI is choosing to act on the possibility of the risk before fully confirming it, which is the framework doing what it was built to do. — Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Scheffler has built a massive lead of more than 1,400 points over second-place Matt Fitzpatrick in the FedEx Cup standings. — Dennis Esser, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Despite four of the six miles being built underground, the construction in Norco would be entirely overhead, much to residents' dismay. — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Likewise, Dopamine Chamber was recorded in various locales, including London, the English countryside, and Palermo, Italy, where Chatten built a DIY booth from mattresses and cushions. — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026

The team also built a softbox enclosure, which was the size of an entire stage in order to properly light the scene. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026

This kind of living data graph built on real outcomes is a specialized dataset built over nearly two decades. — Footwear News, 18 Aug. 2026

In the case of Zach Dell, who turns 30 this month, at least he’s built a home battery and tech business successfully fundraising on a $13 billion valuation. — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026

For buildings like Mount Gilead to be built and continue to prosper for over 100 years is a miraculous feat, Thompson said. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026