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

Abdel Gelil is now sheltering with family in the southwestern city of Taiz, while others are sleeping in the streets or erecting makeshift tents out of plastic. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

During a Sunday appearance on CNN, Johnson rebuffed the idea that lawmakers should rush into an emergency session to consider erecting industry guardrails. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded by erecting a 24-by-12-foot bilingual sign in Grimsby, Ontario on Saturday with the Canadian name for the lake. — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

The boiler and erecting shop buildings are part of the roughly 244-acre Railyards, the largest redevelopment project west of the Mississippi River. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

In 2011, after the community board and Landmarks greenlit Spence’s erecting a 33-foot-tall glass enclosure to connect its East 91st Street campus with an adjacent building, neighbors took their complaints to press. — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Aug. 2026

The greybeards will take on the suicide mission of storming the castle walls, erecting ladders, and invading the city while arrows and rocks rain down on them. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

The killing sparked nationwide unrest, with cartel members erecting highway blockades and setting fire to vehicles and buildings across 20 Mexican states. — CBS News, 31 July 2026

While wide hips were considered a problem area not so long ago, designers are now erecting a sort of fashion monument to them—as a symbol of sensuality, strength, and self-determination. — Kelly Niesen, Glamour, 24 July 2026