Synonyms of constructs

constructs 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of construct

1

as in devises

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

• devises
• invents
• concocts
• designs
• manufactures
• produces
• thinks (up)
• comes up with
• cooks (up)
• fabricates
• contrives
• excogitates
• conceives
• drums up
• trumps up
• hatches
• envisions
• vamps (up)
• visualizes
• dreams
• imagines
• makes up
• visions
• improvises
• coins
• daydreams
• fantasizes
• envisages
• extemporizes
• pictures
• ad-libs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• copies
• replicates
• reproduces
• mimics
• imitates
• clones
• duplicates
• reduplicates
• copycats

2

as in builds

to form by putting together parts or materials

constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• builds
• assembles
• erects
• creates
• makes
• fabricates
• manufactures
• pieces
• designs
• establishes
• produces
• rebuilds
• raises
• confects
• shapes
• sets up
• generates
• makes up
• rears
• organizes
• invents
• concocts
• fashions
• reconstructs
• forges
• puts together
• frames
• molds
• devises
• hammers
• originates
• initiates
• imagines
• conceives
• puts up
• innovates
• begins
• founds
• constitutes
• handcrafts
• inaugurates
• institutes
• contrives
• prefabricates
• reassembles
• fathers
• coins
• combines
• carpenters
• thinks (up)
• cooks (up)
• unites
• retrofits
• redevelops
• rigs (up)
• reedifies
• jerry-builds
• throws up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantles
• disassembles
• levels
• destroys
• dismembers
• strikes
• knocks down
• demolishes
• ruins
• takes down
• tears down
• flattens
• shatters
• smashes
• pulverizes
• wrecks
• razes
• devastates
• pulls down
• explodes
• demounts
• detaches
• divides
• blows up
• disengages
• separates
• ruinates
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

constructs

2 of 2

noun

plural of construct

as in abstractions

Related Words

• abstractions
• concepts
• notions
• feelings
• conceptions
• proposals
• impressions
• inferences
• assumptions
• generalizations
• conjectures
• suspicions
• theories
• premises
• speculations
• presumptions
• inklings
• hypotheses
• theorems
• presuppositions
• suggestions
• proffers
• guesses
• surmises
• guesswork
• propositions
• theses
• hunches
• concessions
• suppositions

Dissimilar Words

• facts
• assurances
• certainties
• knowledges

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of constructs

Verb

Before conscious reasoning has a chance to engage, the brain often constructs an elaborate threat narrative. — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

However, environmental and geopolitical concerns remain high as China constructs a massive 60-gigawatt dam downstream in Medog County. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026

Director Geethu Mohandas constructs the world as one built on competing loyalties, betrayal and personal redemption. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026

The Yale startup, which constructs quantum computers, was acquired in January for $550 million by D-Wave, a leading quantum business based in Palo Alto, Calif. — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2026

The mRNA is then read by a piece of molecular machinery called the ribosome, which constructs the protein — a process called translation. — Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026

The way a child constructs and engages with the scene can help the therapist explore underlying emotions and unconscious themes. — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026

American Men dives into the lives of four men and explores how each of them constructs their relationship to masculinity. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026

Along with screenwriter Ed Solomon, Soderbergh also constructs the ideal showcase for two separate generations of British actors to cook. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2026