Synonyms of putting up

putting up

verb

present participle of put up

1

as in erecting

to fix in an upright position

the builders put up the walls before starting on the roof

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erecting
• raising
• setting up
• rearing
• lifting
• hoisting
• pitching
• propping (up)
• shoring (up)
• upending
• bracing
• jacking (up)
• supporting
• picking up
• elevating
• upraising
• upholding
• upping
• buttressing
• perking (up)
• hiking
• uplifting
• craning
• heightening
• boosting
• heaving
• hefting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tearing down
• flattening
• leveling
• demolishing
• knocking down
• razing

2

as in building

to form by putting together parts or materials

plans to put up a pavilion in the public gardens

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in selling

to offer for sale to the public

put their possessions up for auction

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selling
• dealing (in)
• marketing
• distributing
• retailing
• merchandising
• vending
• trafficking (in)
• exchanging
• providing
• exporting
• promoting
• wholesaling
• reselling
• peddling
• advertising
• trading
• supplying
• hawking
• preselling
• handling
• bartering
• bargaining
• keeping
• plugging
• remarketing
• haggling
• touting
• auctioning
• carrying
• dickering
• paltering
• stocking
• boosting
• ballyhooing
• chaffering
• horse-trading

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying
• purchasing

4

as in housing

to provide with living quarters or shelter

the university puts up students in a variety of buildings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• housing
• taking in
• accommodating
• lodging
• sheltering
• camping
• boarding
• roofing
• quartering
• rooming
• bestowing
• billeting
• bunking
• harboring
• encamping
• chambering
• domiciling
• bivouacking
• homing
• shedding
• bedding (down)
• stabling
• securing
• tenting
• roosting
• ensconcing
• barracking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ejecting
• evicting

5

as in plotting

to engage in a secret plan to accomplish evil or unlawful ends

put up an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plotting
• scheming
• planning
• intriguing
• cooking (up)
• colluding
• conspiring
• conniving
• contriving
• machinating
• devising
• engineering
• designing
• laying out
• hatching
• counterplotting
• concocting
• compassing
• manipulating
• brewing
• mapping
• jockeying
• shaping
• maneuvering
• framing

6

as in storing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• storing
• keeping
• stowing
• packing
• housing
• hangaring
• repositing
• warehousing
• filing
• shelving
• garaging
• cellaring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of putting up

The city of Hollywood spent the weekend preparing for more flooding by putting up blockades and panels in neighborhoods prone to flooding to try and prevent as much water as possible from moving inland. — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

The Bears racked up yards and points, putting up 59 points on the Panthers. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026

The Indians continued their rampage on Thursday night, putting up 41 more points in Week 3 as the Indians came away with a 41-27 win over McKinney Boyd in front of a homecoming crowd at Keller ISD Stadium. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

Eldridge is quietly putting up numbers in his age-21 season that put him in rarified company in the history of the game. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Businesses here are also trying to woo the sailors, with some putting up banners to welcome them. — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

Prior to Labor Day, the behemoth is putting up its hottest brands, from the cost-conscious to the premium, for 45 percent off and occasionally even more. — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 31 Aug. 2026

According to Bloomberg, Walter is now shopping around private deals that offer double-digit yields, putting up his own personal stake in his asset management firm as collateral. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Existing fantasy soccer fans are used to putting up with these headaches, but the WSL isn’t only trying to appeal to them. — Dominic Preston, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026