Synonyms of erecting

erecting

verb

present participle of erect

1

as in raising

to fix in an upright position

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raising
• rearing
• hoisting
• lifting
• pitching
• elevating
• supporting
• bracing
• upending
• setting up
• buttressing
• upholding
• putting up
• upping
• upraising
• craning
• hiking
• heightening
• hefting
• boosting
• propping (up)
• uplifting
• shoring (up)
• heaving
• jacking (up)
• picking up
• perking (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattening
• demolishing
• leveling
• tearing down
• razing
• knocking down

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• constructing
• building
• assembling
• making
• creating
• establishing
• fabricating
• designing
• manufacturing
• producing
• piecing
• rearing
• raising
• confecting
• making up
• rebuilding
• putting together
• setting up
• putting up
• fashioning
• generating
• organizing
• concocting
• inventing
• instituting
• forging
• shaping
• reconstructing
• devising
• inaugurating
• framing
• initiating
• molding
• hammering
• constituting
• originating
• carpentering
• prefabricating
• beginning
• imagining
• coining
• founding
• innovating
• contriving
• conceiving
• retrofitting
• reassembling
• handcrafting
• redeveloping
• combining
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• uniting
• fathering
• throwing up
• reedifying
• rigging (up)
• jerry-building

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• striking
• disassembling
• demolishing
• wrecking
• dismembering
• smashing
• razing
• flattening
• tearing down
• taking down
• shattering
• ruining
• pulverizing
• knocking down
• leveling
• devastating
• pulling down
• exploding
• demounting
• dividing
• detaching
• separating
• blowing up
• disengaging
• disconnecting
• ruinating
• disuniting
• disjoining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of erecting

The film stops several yellow bricks short of erecting a temple to the sacrifices of fame. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Officials, still working on guidance that will allow third parties to host the accounts, are also eyeing ways to increase enrollment, including partnering with brands, erecting billboards, and collaborating with medical facilities. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 6 July 2026

Would Wimbledon consider erecting statues of non-British champions, such as Martina Navratilova, Serena Williams or Roger Federer? — ABC News, 4 July 2026

Prevention, however, does not lie in erecting a physical barrier. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026

Approximately 500 city employees, volunteers, and National Guard members worked from Friday afternoon through the night, trying to hold back the advancing water by erecting a temporary levee around the plant. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Competition for American souls English advocates of colonization were aware that Catholics had been erecting churches in modern-day Mexico and Peru. — Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 24 June 2026

Local government should be lowering barriers for entrepreneurs, not erecting more. — Wendy R. Anderson, Washington Post, 24 June 2026

More energy devoted to passing laws to protect consumers from predatory businesses and to erecting guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence companies from collecting and selling our data for private gain. — Matt Martin, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026