BUILT Synonyms: 189 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

Definition of built

as in stacked

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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

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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

In a new study, researchers at New York University built a custom random-positioning machine that continually changed the orientation of human cells relative to Earth's gravity. — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Musk's showpiece rocket -- the biggest and most powerful ever built -- carried 26 of the latest Starlinks to join the 11,000 older models already providing internet service. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026 There are plenty of barricades built with the explicit goal of keeping certain types of artists from access ing those rooms. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026 The problem is that many organizations have built that map accidentally. — Jessica Wong, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 The destroyer belongs to the Flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class, a design built since the 1980s and a major part of the Navy’s surface fleet. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026 Prosecutors built a largely circumstantial case against Flynn. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 In August, sand erosion exposed a pair of jetties that were built decades ago to stop beach erosion and protect oceanfront homes near the entrance of Newport Harbor. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 The cars will be built at a new production plant on the kingdom’s west coast, north of Jeddah, capable of producing 240,000 vehicles. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for built

Adjective

Amenities and experiences My visit to AC Hotel DTLA was primarily for business, and there were ample spaces around the 34th floor lounges for coffees and video calls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
His father won't be around for tips and critiques, but Bronny is ready to figure out some things on his own — and with ample help from his teammates and coaches, of course.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of ample

Verb

Within two years, an ingenious tunnel complex was constructed, with arched ceilings and thick walls, and zigzag subterranean pathways to better absorb bomb blasts.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
And unlike other utensils with plastic or silicone handles, each tool is constructed entirely from stainless steel with an ergonomic grip.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of constructed

Adjective

To a novice taster, sipping out of a plastic Mets carafe, the wine smelled like dry grass and very ripe blackberries.

— Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Remove ripe or overripe fruit from your kitchen as quickly as possible by eating, refrigerating, freezing, or composting it.

— Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of ripe

Verb

On a budget of just $15 million, Yamazaki assembled a visual effects team of just 35 artists to create 610 effects shots.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The machine’s roughly 80-ton tower was delivered in two sections and assembled on site.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of assembled

Adjective

The sensational international rescue of the famously sentient creatures, replete with colossal cargo planes, huge crates and Shedd staffers working in the dead of night to transport and care for the whales, must have looked made for social media.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
The singer hit the VMAs carpet in a theatrical black satin cape replete with bell sleeves and a sweeping cape.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of replete

Verb

Raffles Bali also takes a responsible approach to waste management, using compost fertilizer made from kitchen and landscape waste and repurposing calcium carbonate-rich eggshells from the restaurants for organic fertilizer in the herb garden.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
Like prediction markets, their power lay as much in predication as prediction, in legislating what can be asked, priced, and made real—or made valuable as art assets.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of made

Adjective

Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Colleges that are less well-endowed might have fewer proxies that strain their financial aid budget, but still should use individualized proxies to meet their institutional needs.

— Scott White, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024