Synonyms of putting together

putting together

phrase

present participle of put together

1

as in adding

to combine (numbers) into a single sum

He put together all their bills to figure out their monthly expenses.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adding
• casting (up)
• footing (up)
• toting (up)
• subtracting
• totting (up)
• summing
• summating
• calculating
• totaling
• totalizing
• computing
• dividing
• counting
• working out
• multiplying
• tabulating
• figuring
• numbering
• telling
• ciphering
• tallying
• tabling
• reckoning
• enumerating
• recomputing
• refiguring

2

as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials

They put together an exact replica of the Empire State Building.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in preparing

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

She put together a poem that she presented to the group on poetry night.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• composing
• drafting
• drawing up
• writing
• crafting
• formulating
• casting
• framing
• shaping
• piecing (together)
• forming
• making
• building
• molding
• stating
• wording
• expressing
• phrasing
• fashioning
• constructing
• authoring
• devising
• fabricating
• assembling
• penning
• conceiving
• sculpturing
• verbalizing
• compounding
• couching
• inditing
• concocting
• reframing
• redrafting
• reformulating

4

as in producing

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

They put together a beautiful dress for the queen.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• making
• manufacturing
• creating
• forming
• building
• constructing
• making up
• framing
• assembling
• setting up
• fashioning
• fabricating
• putting up
• patching (together)
• throwing up
• organizing
• crafting
• thinking (up)
• shaping
• cooking (up)
• knocking out
• structuring
• cobbling (together or up)
• erecting
• establishing
• designing
• rearing
• molding
• forging
• raising
• originating
• inventing
• hewing
• devising
• instituting
• minting
• handcrafting
• visualizing
• imagining
• fathering
• conceiving
• remaking
• prefabricating
• picturing
• contriving
• concocting
• envisaging
• remanufacturing
• refashioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• breaking up
• taking apart
• destroying
• devastating
• wrecking
• abolishing
• ruining
• shattering
• disassembling
• extinguishing
• flattening
• smashing
• blowing up
• eradicating
• exterminating
• pulverizing
• demolishing
• annihilating
• exploding
• dismembering
• razing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of putting together

Senior running back Bryce Brandon is putting together another strong season with 637 yards and 10 TDs on 89 carries. — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

In the Dodgers’ 10-4 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Saturday, that better version of the offense was on display, putting together a pair of three-run rallies in back-to-back innings to take pressure off the pitching staff. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

With Aledo’s early-season injuries and opponents putting together complete performances, anything can happen. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026

The first is an engagement program, usually in the form of putting together committees of employees to propose fixes. — Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

Donald joins a list of athletes who had called it quits after putting together Hall of Fame-caliber careers only to get the itch and decide to come back to play. — ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

Thanks to my friends’ beloved babies and the perks of my job—which have included putting together a list of essential children’s books—I’ve been thinking a lot about the importance of reading with children. — Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026

While Clark and Mitchell are both putting together MVP-caliber seasons on the offensive end, nobody’s game is more complete on both ends of the floor than Aces forward A’ja Wilson. — Annie Costabile, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Computers began speaking by putting together phonemes in the 1960s, creating stiff, robotic speech. — Tam Nguyen, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2026