Synonyms of erect

erect 1 of 2

adjective

as in standing

rising straight up

a lone tree remained erect after the terrible tornado had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• standing
• vertical
• upright
• perpendicular
• lifted
• plumb
• raised
• upstanding
• upraised
• stand-up
• elevated
• freestanding
• upended
• semierect
• stand-alone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flat
• recumbent
• prostrate
• supine
• hanging
• diagonal
• sagging
• slanted
• slant
• slanting
• slanty

erect

2 of 2

verb

1

as in to raise

to fix in an upright position

the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raise
• rear
• hoist
• lift
• pitch
• set up
• put up
• brace
• elevate
• buttress
• upend
• upraise
• support
• uphold
• up
• crane
• hike
• shore (up)
• prop (up)
• heave
• heighten
• uplift
• boost
• jack (up)
• pick up
• heft
• perk (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• demolish
• flatten
• level
• tear down
• raze
• knock down

2

as in to build

to form by putting together parts or materials

we'd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• build
• construct
• assemble
• make
• create
• found
• establish
• fabricate
• manufacture
• make up
• produce
• rear
• set up
• design
• piece
• raise
• put together
• confect
• put up
• rebuild
• generate
• forge
• organize
• shape
• carpenter
• devise
• begin
• inaugurate
• initiate
• invent
• concoct
• reconstruct
• prefabricate
• mold
• frame
• institute
• hammer
• originate
• constitute
• conceive
• contrive
• fashion
• innovate
• imagine
• redevelop
• retrofit
• reassemble
• coin
• handcraft
• father
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• throw up
• unite
• reedify
• combine
• rig (up)
• jerry-build

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• strike
• destroy
• disassemble
• demolish
• take down
• tear down
• dismember
• raze
• flatten
• knock down
• ruin
• smash
• pulverize
• pull down
• shatter
• wreck
• level
• explode
• devastate
• demount
• blow up
• detach
• divide
• separate
• disengage
• ruinate
• disconnect
• disunite
• disjoin