PUTS UP Synonyms: 207 Similar and Opposite Words

puts up

verb

present tense third-person singular of put up

as in erects

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

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as in builds

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

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as in sells

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

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as in houses

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

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as in plots

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 keeps

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 puts up McMichael, Dalibor Dvorsky and Pavel Buchnevich become the second line, and Dvorsky scores 25 goals and puts up 55 points. — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Following an executive order from Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro that puts up limits around data center development throughout the Commonwealth, Allegheny County is considering ways to restrict where these centers can be built. — Finch Walker, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Iran routinely puts up billboards across the city, purporting to demonstrate its might amid the war with Israel and the US. — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026 Scott Eastwood puts up a peace sign at the World Cup finals on July 19 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 The counterpoint, though, is that Robinson was a 40% free throw shooter this year, only puts up three shots per game, and averaged fewer than 20 minutes per game across 60 contests. — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The side referee puts up the flag for offside, and this one remains scoreless in the early going. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 June 2026 Kelly would do well to study the kind of subtle resistance that Gummer puts up here; even if John was less self-assured, Caroline’s reactions seem more alive. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026 As much as the prospect of wading through two months of wall-to-wall Cowboys dates has left many football fans making involuntary Tony Romo noises, even the most vocal critics acknowledge that Dallas always puts up numbers, even when the team isn’t particularly good or all that much fun to watch. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 7 Nov. 2025

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King drops elephants through the air, erects wobbly Towers of Babel, lets characters run amok with depictions of her own pencils, and then summons a hand with a knife to clear a clean space on the page.

— Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Cody erects impenetrable emotional walls around him that deny him from asking for help and creating community.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of erects

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Chinese tech companies are pushing to integrate AI and coding tools into smart glasses as a global debate builds over the devices’ privacy and security implications.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Those pollutants can irritate the lungs, worsen asthma, and form ground-level ozone, the main ingredient in smog, which builds quickly in the heat of a Mid-South summer.

— Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of builds

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The arrest also comes just after the restaurant announced its intent to restart business inside the building that houses Maggie’s Pub in Whittier.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The building that houses the Brigham and Women’s Hospital emergency department opened in 2022.

— Brittany Trang, STAT, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of houses

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The software then anonymizes the entry to protect privacy, and plots a circle in the general area.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 6 Sep. 2026
But the Green Book plots Ecobalyse points, PEF micropoints and Higg scores together despite their different units and methodologies.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of plots

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Would the Pistons exercise that right, if only to remove some of the pressure that keeps rising as that ominous October date nears?

— Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
This attempt by Israel to muzzle hope and stifle joy keeps repeating itself in all aspects of Palestinian life.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of keeps

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An Indian institution that’s built its operations around a foreign foundation model has no real recourse if that vendor raises prices, withdraws the model, hits new export restrictions or gets caught in a geopolitical dispute over chip access.

— Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Israel, like many countries, raises money by selling bonds to investors, who then receive repayments with interest after a specified time period.

— Sharon Udasin, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2026