Synonyms of constructions

constructions

noun

plural of construction

1

as in structures

something put together by arranging or connecting an array of parts

the swing set turned out to be a more complicated construction than the "some assembly required" warning suggested

Synonyms & Similar Words

• structures
• arrangements
• erections
• frameworks
• assemblies
• geometries
• configurations
• skeletons
• frames
• shells
• geographies

2

as in explanations

a statement that makes something clear

could you give us your construction of this passage in the Bible?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explanations
• interpretations
• illustrations
• translations
• analyses
• elucidations
• explications
• clarifications
• definitions
• exegeses
• illuminations
• expositions
• reasonings
• road maps
• comments
• demonstrations
• commentaries
• annotations
• restatements
• meanings
• edifications
• glosses
• paraphrases
• justifications
• enlightenments
• rationalizations
• enactments
• rationales
• disentanglements
• warnings
• epexegeses
• caveats
• cautions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of constructions

The clouds were made in the Netherlands by a firm with a history of building steel ship hulls that now specializes in building complex steel constructions like the clouds using digital data. — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Most adults’ feet are marginally different sizes (by around 2mm), while men and women generally require different soccer-cleat constructions. — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

The shoes took one of warm weather’s simplest constructions and moved it firmly out of casual territory and into a more polished, front-row ready silhouette. — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Another glorious experiment is his Lotus Chorus Workshop, in which prompts challenge the user to try out all kinds of strange sentence constructions, like a literary CrossFit box. — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

The answer lies in constructions from theoretical computer science called error-correcting codes, which are intimately intertwined with high-dimensional sphere packing. — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

The new constructions added nearly 3,000 beds to the state’s capacity for those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Nearby there’s a vitrine of maquettes showing different stitch constructions, from blind welt to Norwegian welting. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026

Over time, these hasty constructions gave way to sites that still define New York, like the vast Reflecting Absence memorial at the World Trade Center site, a garden in northern Manhattan, and a memorial on the shores of Staten Island. — Robert W. Snyder, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026