ERECTED Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

erected

verb

past tense of erect

as in raised

to fix in an upright position the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings

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as in built

to form by putting together parts or materials we'd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness

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Recent Examples of erected New York — In New York’s Hudson Valley, the artist Anicka Yi has erected columns bursting with mercurial microbial life, in hues of acid green and coffee, arranged like an archaeological dig at Storm King Art Center. —

Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 29 May 2026 Civil servants in the town of Fujikawaguchiko erected a black wall to try to stop tourists from deluging the town to take photos in front of a backdrop of Mount Fuji. —

Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 The land currently only has three structures — a four-bedroom house built in 1895 and two other buildings erected in the early 1900s, according to Gwinnett records. —

Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 May 2026 Last year, a group of anonymous government employees paid for several billboards to be erected along Interstate 80, arguing that the return-to-office order would result in more traffic. —

William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026 The current structure is the sixth replacement of the original pole, standing 106 feet tall in the same historic location it was erected at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. —

Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 28 May 2026 Attackers also burned down one of the patient-isolation tents hastily erected on the hospital grounds, before soldiers dispersed them by firing warning shots. —

Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026 Back at Selhurst Park, 600 miles away, a crowd of 10,000 had gathered to watch the game on big screens erected on the turf. —

Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 28 May 2026 Start your trip in this Mississippi coastal town by checking out the Biloxi Lighthouse, which was erected in 1848 and is one of the nation's first cast-iron lighthouse. —

Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 May 2026

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Lenny, who was born and raised on Maui, caught his first wave at Cove Park in Kihei at age four, was windsurfing by age six, and was tackling giant waves in his teens.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Filings show that between January and March, Schmidt raised about $177,000.

— Matthew Kelly Updated June 7, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026