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erect

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of erect

rising straight up

  • a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed
Synonyms of erect

perpendicular, plumb, raised, standing, stand-up, upright, upstanding, vertical
Words Related to erect

elevated, lifted, upended, upraised

semierect

freestanding, stand-alone
Near Antonyms of erect

prostrate, supine

diagonal, hanging, sagging, slant, slanted, slanting, slanty
Antonyms of erect

flat, recumbent

erect

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of erect

1 to fix in an upright position

  • the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings
Synonyms of erect

pitch, put up, raise, rear, set up, upend, upraise
Words Related to erect

brace, buttress, prop (up), shore (up), support

boost, crane, elevate, heave, heft, heighten, hike, hoist, jack (up), lift, perk (up), pick up, up, uphold, uplift
Near Antonyms of erect

demolish, flatten, knock down, level, raze, tear down

2 to form by putting together parts or materials

  • weʼd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness
Synonyms of erect

assemble, build, confect, construct, fabricate, make, make up, piece, put up, raise, rear, set up
Words Related to erect

carpenter, fashion, forge, frame, hammer, handcraft, manufacture, mold, produce, shape

prefabricate

begin, coin, create, generate, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, invent, originate

constitute, establish, father, found, institute, organize

conceive, concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up)

reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, reedify [British], retrofit

jerry-build, rig (up), throw up

combine, unite
Phrases Synonymous with erect

put together
Near Antonyms of erect

demolish, destroy, devastate, flatten, level, pull down, pulverize, raze, ruin, ruinate, shatter, smash, wreck

blow up, explode

detach, disengage

disconnect, disjoin, disunite, divide, separate
Antonyms of erect

demount, disassemble, dismantle, dismember, knock down, strike, take down, tear down

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