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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Perhaps that is why the voucher program’s $26 billion plan rejects accountability and erects barriers for meaningful participation of public school students.

— Denise Forte, Baltimore Sun, 21 Oct. 2026
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

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Anthropic is best known for developing a family of AI models called Claude, and the company primarily sells its products and services to other businesses.

— Ashley Capoot,Leslie Picker, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026
Florentine sells an affordable designer butter knife ($35) engraved with an abstract illustration by Oded Webman, which transforms a mundane kitchen utensil into a small work of art.

— Nicholas Blechman, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2026

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Chris Pratt is returning as Lieutenant Commander James Reece as Amazon plots the latest move in The Terminal List franchise.

— Peter White, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
The contract's odds will be resolved and verified by Data Center Map, which plots out planned and running data centers on its website.

— Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of plots

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This isn’t to claim that a PEDF-boost keeps people younger, at least not without a lot more research.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
The three-part 40mm drivers deliver fantastic audio by combining highs, mids, and lows to create an immersive soundscape that keeps you engaged and attentive.

— George Yang, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of keeps

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One of those pay packages gave thousands of civilian city workers raises of about 24% over five years.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Mike Katz-Lacabe, the organization's research director, said the program raises questions about how drones will be monitored, who will have access to the footage and whether police can adequately oversee their own use of the technology.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026

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Zvyagintsev meticulously constructs a window into the life of Gleb, the CEO of a Russian transport company who occupies a sleek modern home with his wife and son, but there’s a clear disconnect between them.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026