ERECTING Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

erecting

verb

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present participle of erect

as in raising

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 constructing

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 erecting Jackie made lots and lots of money predicting the weather, erecting things, or playing the numbers. —

Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026 Officials reinforced stay-at-home orders by erecting fences around some apartment buildings, essentially incarcerating occupants. —

Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026 Neighbors said King retaliated by erecting a floodlight directed at the neighbor’s house, along with blasting loud music. —

Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026 The Washington Consensus was traditionally wary of developing countries picking winners and losers, erecting trade barriers and subsidizing favored industries. —

Editorial Board, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2026 Had action been deferred, Iran’s rapidly increasing ballistic missile would have soon reached the point of immunity — erecting a shield of threatened destruction behind which the mullah’s nuclear program could be rebuilt. —

Chuck Devore, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026 Had action been deferred, Iran’s rapidly increasing ballistic missile would have soon reached the point of immunity — erecting a shield of threatened destruction behind which the mullah’s nuclear program could be rebuilt. —

Chuck Devore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026 The group is also said to be digging tunnels, building bunkers, and erecting barriers and other defensive structures in case of an attack by the United States and Israel. —

Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026 Some lawmakers view Trump’s order skeptically at best, noting the administration has been removing guardrails, and preventing others from erecting them, to an extreme degree. —

Darius Tahir, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026

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Perhaps the easiest way to start an argument online is to post a video of a mother raising her child.

— Micah Barkley, Bloomberg, 10 Apr. 2026
Political parties were disincentivized from forming coalitions—which might have unified the anti-Orbán vote—by incrementally raising the threshold required for alliances to enter Parliament.

— Kapil Komireddi, New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2026