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

Oceanfront homes in coastal California cities, such as Long Beach and Newport Beach, were partially submerged as heavy surf breached sand berms that had been erected to keep the water away. — Adrian Florido, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

Water from a massive swell — double the size that was initially predicted — blasted through 20-foot berms erected at the Wedge and washed out roads from about 21st Street to 6th Street, officials said. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

The director tapped designer William Roy Hodgson, who works at the Monuments Lab that tracked where and when all those Confederate statues first were erected, to be the film’s chief graphic artist and animator. — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026

Hibachi chefs erected onion volcanoes and squirted sake into the mouths of guests. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 8 Oct. 2026

In the spring of 2024, pro-Palestinian student protesters erected an encampment on Harvard Yard, staking a claim to the heart of the university’s 400-year-old campus. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026

The blades were smaller then, the towers shorter, the whole apparatus closer to a windmill than the hulking machines erected today—the tallest of which exceed 300 meters, with rotor blades longer than a football field. — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

The court's decision comes just weeks after the administration erected the first border wall panels in the Big Bend sector in mid-September. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Hanging from a gantry erected in the interior courtyard of the palazzo, tire fragments are threaded together and reassembled into hulking blasting mats. — Tina M. Campt, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026