Synonyms of erected

erected

verb

past tense of erect

1

as in raised

to fix in an upright position

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raised
• reared
• hoisted
• lifted
• pitched
• set up
• braced
• elevated
• put up
• supported
• upraised
• buttressed
• upended
• upheld
• propped (up)
• hiked
• heightened
• craned
• uplifted
• heaved
• upped
• boosted
• picked up
• shored (up)
• hefted
• jacked (up)
• perked (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattened
• demolished
• leveled
• razed
• knocked down
• tore down

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• built
• constructed
• assembled
• made
• created
• established
• designed
• manufactured
• fabricated
• produced
• reared
• made up
• pieced
• raised
• set up
• put together
• rebuilt
• confected
• put up
• fashioned
• concocted
• generated
• shaped
• inaugurated
• founded
• prefabricated
• invented
• instituted
• organized
• molded
• originated
• framed
• forged
• devised
• began
• initiated
• reconstructed
• constituted
• conceived
• hammered
• carpentered
• coined
• imagined
• handcrafted
• reassembled
• fathered
• contrived
• cooked (up)
• thought (up)
• innovated
• retrofitted
• combined
• united
• redeveloped
• reedified
• threw up
• rigged (up)
• jerry-built

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantled
• destroyed
• struck
• demolished
• disassembled
• razed
• flattened
• dismembered
• shattered
• wrecked
• knocked down
• ruined
• smashed
• tore down
• pulverized
• leveled
• took down
• exploded
• pulled down
• demounted
• devastated
• divided
• detached
• separated
• blew up
• ruinated
• disengaged
• disconnected
• disjoined
• disunited

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of erected

Be sure to visit the iconic Biloxi Lighthouse, which was erected in 1848. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 June 2026

During this visit to shore, his 12th, his crimes have included picking fights with parked cars and smashing through barriers erected to keep him off roads. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Earlier this year, the phone erected for Ruby and Hart Campbell was moved to a more public location. — Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

The memorial was erected in 2008 on the outer limit of Wilmington, where the street turns into a highway and whisks you out of town. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026

States ignored national obligations, inflated currencies, shirked debts, erected trade barriers and destabilized commerce. — Max Taves, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

The state has rejected accusations of environmental harm and said the airport was already developed, with activity occurring before the tent detention camp was erected. — Miami Herald, 25 June 2026

The stage in question was newly erected on the White House lawn for the Freedom 250 celebration, planned to commemorate the semiquincentennial of America's founding. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

On May 1, 1775, the day the Quebec Act took effect, the life-size marble statue of George III in Montréal – erected in gratitude for his assistance following a fire – was vandalized, indicating disquiet there about this new order. — Sarah M.s. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026