Synonyms of constructing

constructing

verb

present participle of construct

1

as in devising

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

he managed to construct a theory that fits all the facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devising
• concocting
• inventing
• designing
• producing
• manufacturing
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• fabricating
• contriving
• coming up with
• drumming up
• excogitating
• hatching
• making up
• conceiving
• envisioning
• imagining
• visualizing
• trumping up
• dreaming
• vamping (up)
• coining
• improvising
• envisaging
• fantasizing
• daydreaming
• visioning
• picturing
• extemporizing
• ad-libbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproducing
• copying
• duplicating
• imitating
• replicating
• mimicking
• cloning
• reduplicating
• copycatting

2

as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials

constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• building
• assembling
• erecting
• making
• creating
• designing
• establishing
• fabricating
• producing
• manufacturing
• piecing
• rebuilding
• raising
• rearing
• generating
• confecting
• making up
• concocting
• organizing
• reconstructing
• fashioning
• setting up
• putting together
• shaping
• inventing
• putting up
• forging
• devising
• framing
• initiating
• molding
• originating
• imagining
• inaugurating
• instituting
• hammering
• beginning
• constituting
• innovating
• prefabricating
• carpentering
• conceiving
• handcrafting
• coining
• combining
• retrofitting
• contriving
• founding
• reassembling
• redeveloping
• fathering
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• uniting
• reedifying
• throwing up
• rigging (up)
• jerry-building

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• striking
• disassembling
• demolishing
• wrecking
• dismembering
• tearing down
• flattening
• taking down
• smashing
• ruining
• razing
• knocking down
• pulverizing
• shattering
• devastating
• leveling
• exploding
• pulling down
• dividing
• demounting
• separating
• detaching
• blowing up
• disengaging
• ruinating
• disconnecting
• disjoining
• disuniting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of constructing

To replace them, Russia is constructing the Leningrad-II nuclear facility at a neighboring site, which will house four VVER-1200 units, with the aim of supplying power till the 2080s, and possibly another two decades with extensions. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026

But SpaceX has plowed ahead, constructing a launchpad and other infrastructure to host Starships. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 16 July 2026

Quijada and Robinson invite us into the process of making their musical, constructing the show’s soundscape and musical score in real time by recording musical phrases into a looping station and layering in sound. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

To make sense of its enormous valuation requires buying into his lofty vision of establishing AI data centers in space and constructing a city on Mars. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 July 2026

The company plans to build its first fabrication plant at the Yongin Semiconductor National Industrial Complex, and will be constructing a total of six semiconductor production facilities. — Sean Conlon,hugh Leask,lee Ying Shan,fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 July 2026

The project included replacing sections of the penstock, installing new vent piping and constructing a new concrete thrust block. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 3 July 2026

Success will depend less on constructing facilities than on securing long-term buyers, trusted regulators, technology transfer, and patient capital that can sustain long-term production. — Paul Adepoju, semafor.com, 2 July 2026

At least one is in the middle of constructing a flagship retail building that might never get used. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 1 July 2026