Synonyms of piecing

piecing

verb

present participle of piece

as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials

you might want to piece together a quilt from those odd patches of cloth

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of piecing

Restoration specialist Andrew Ownbey is the man tasked with piecing it back together, and his approach has resulted in one building rising within another building, photos show. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026

But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Advertisement Adams, watching from Anna’s side of the revelation, says Anna is piecing it together at nearly the same moment Max is. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026

According to the band, Ow ∞ is a record about embracing a chaotic present while piecing yourself back together through memories, relationships and the creative process. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 21 July 2026

Through the limited perspectives of letters, readers are only able to see events from one point of view at first, but have the satisfying experience of piecing the full story together as more perspectives are revealed. — Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

Without a clear presentation to Congress or a formal address to the nation, the administration's communication has been scattershot and intermittent, leaving Americans with the task of piecing it all together. — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026

According to his mother, Anthony at one point had been piecing things together and was volunteering in the community. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026

As the pair confer with forensics and begin piecing things together, the detectives learn that the unit was once home to Oliver and his live-in girlfriend, Ciara. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 18 Feb. 2026