PUT UP Synonyms: 207 Similar and Opposite Words

put up

verb

Definition of put up

as in to erect

to fix in an upright position the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof

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as in to build

to form by putting together parts or materials plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens

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as in to sell

to offer for sale to the public put their possessions up for auction

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buy
purchase

as in to house

to provide with living quarters or shelter the university puts up students in a variety of buildings

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eject
evict

as in to plot

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies

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as in to store

to place somewhere for safekeeping or ready availability I need to clear out a space in the garage to put up my motorcycle for the winter

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Recent Examples of put up Seigler didn’t expect to get much playing time with Trevor Story and Marcelo Mayer on the roster, but both have been out most of the season with injuries, so Seigler has gotten 113 at bats and put up a 105 OPS+. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 Bidunga put up that monster stat line despite sitting the final 5 1/2 minutes and playing just 27 minutes total. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 Customers pay in small instalments, often through mobile apps, instead of putting up the full price upfront. — ABC News, 31 July 2026 Two North Texas Office Depots put up store closing and liquidation sales signs earlier this summer. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for put up

Recent Examples of Synonyms for put up

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The killing sparked nationwide unrest, with cartel members erecting highway blockades and setting fire to vehicles and buildings across 20 Mexican states.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026
With the city hall's toilets out of order, officials erected emergency toilets over sewer manholes outside the building, in temperatures of around 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit) and stifling humidity.

— USA Today, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of erect

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McCaleb and co-editors Skip Macdonald and Joey Liew, along with Golubić, continued to build sequences from scratch, allowing silence, dialogue, sound design or music to occur naturally depending on the needs of each scene.

— Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Our children are building relationships with technology before many of us have begun conversations about identity, judgment, values and character.

— Aiko Bethea, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of build

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Those holders could be sitting on sizeable gains despite recent volatility, giving them an incentive to sell now, Lee at Direxion said.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
The popular set tends to sell quickly, so consider grabbing one while fall-favorite shades like dusty olive, terracotta, and mauve are still in stock.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of sell

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Without those challenges, MLS has not necessarily made significant progress with its matches entirely housed on Apple.

— John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Fortunately, the design firm of Claesson Koivisto Rune overcame the obstacles, producing a triumph of Swedish style—a modest, minimalist, yet supremely comfortable property housed in two low, long buildings.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of house

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The Voyagers have been skirting this dismal fate for years now, with NASA engineers carefully monitoring each spacecraft’s power supplies and plotting out when to turn off individual instruments to keep the missions going as long as possible.

— Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
While this reunion was happening, Juke was watching from a safe distance, plotting.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of plot

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Industrial-grade potassium cyanide was stored casually in a bucket under the eaves and could be obtained without any difficulty.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
The hearing followed Paul’s release of Fauci’s diary entries, which were stored on a government server.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of store

Verb

Every quarter of adoption raises the cost of an adverse ruling, for both sides.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
The project has transformed the Burchardi Church, which was left largely in ruins before money was raised for a new roof and other fixes to make the piece a reality.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of raise

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In the first part of the proposal, Wyden wants to remove existing tax incentives for constructing data centers, for instance, making it so that assets purchased for data centers are not immediately eligible for write-off.

— Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
Shamelessness has been central to Trump’s business and political success, and his reaction to setbacks is to deny objective facts and construct fantasies of achievement.

— KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026