Synonyms for construct
kənˈstrʌkt; ˈkɒn strʌktcon·struct

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1. constructnoun

   Synonyms:
   concept, notion, form, put together, assemble, make, build, idea, model, representation

   Antonyms:
   take apart, disassemble, destroy, dismantle

2. constructverb

   To build or form (something) by assembling parts.

   We constructed the radio from spares.

   Synonyms:
   idea, build, form, make, assemble, put together, model, concept, representation, notion

   Antonyms:
   destroy, disassemble, take apart, dismantle

3. constructverb

   Similarly, to build (a sentence or an argument) by arranging words or ideas.

   A sentence may be constructed with a subject, verb and object.

   Synonyms:
   assemble, make, build, put together, form, model, idea, concept, notion, representation

   Antonyms:
   dismantle, take apart, destroy, disassemble

4. constructverb

   To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.

   Construct a circle that touches each vertex of the given triangle.

   Synonyms:
   assemble, put together, make, form, build

   Antonyms:
   disassemble, destroy, dismantle, take apart

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1. construct

   Make is essentially causative; to the idea of cause all its various senses may be traced (compare synonyms for CAUSE). To make is to cause to exist, or to cause to exist in a certain form or in certain relations; the word thus includes the idea of create, as in Gen. i, 31, "And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good." Make includes also the idea of compose, constitute; as, the parts make up the whole. Similarly, to cause a voluntary agent to do a certain act is to make him do it, or compel him to do it, compel fixing the attention more on the process, make on the accomplished fact. Compare COMPEL; DO; INFLUENCE; (make better) AMEND; (make haste) QUICKEN; (make known) ANNOUNCE; AVOW; CONFESS; (make prisoner) ARREST; (make up) ADD; (make void) CANCEL.

   See synonyms for ABOLISH; BREAK; DEMOLISH.

   Synonyms:
   become, bring about, bring into being, bring to pass, cause, compel, compose, constitute, constrain, create, do, effect, establish, execute, fabricate, fashion, force, frame, get, make, make out, make up, manufacture, occasion, perform, reach, render, require, shape

   Preposition:
   Make of, out of, or from certain materials, into a certain form, for a certain purpose or person; made with hands, by hand; made by a prisoner, with a jack-knife.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. construct

   Synonyms:
   compose, build, fabricate, form, erect, invent, frame

   Antonyms:
   derange, destroy, demolish, overthrow

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1. concept, conception, constructverb

   an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

   Synonyms:
   excogitation, innovation, concept, creation, design, invention, conception

2. construct, build, makeverb

   make by combining materials and parts

   "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"

   Synonyms:
   earn, create, take in, pass water, piddle, relieve oneself, score, lay down, pull in, progress to, prepare, get, stool, build up, hit, arrive at, cook, cause, attain, fix, establish, seduce, ramp up, urinate, progress, puddle, reach, fabricate, have, pee-pee, pretend, shit, make, pee, get to, throw, retrace, form, gain, micturate, take a shit, reconstruct, realise, work, do, give, crap, manufacture, induce, take a leak, hold, work up, make water, ca-ca, spend a penny, wee, produce, nominate, wee-wee, ready, piss, name, make believe, take a crap, draw, bring in, defecate, clear, constitute, take, realize, stimulate, make up, build

3. manufacture, fabricate, constructverb

   put together out of artificial or natural components or parts

   "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"

   Synonyms:
   make up, reconstruct, make, cook up, build, invent, retrace, fabricate, manufacture

4. constructverb

   draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions

   "construct an equilateral triangle"

   Synonyms:
   retrace, build, manufacture, make, fabricate, reconstruct

5. constructverb

   create by linking linguistic units

   "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"

   Synonyms:
   retrace, build, manufacture, make, fabricate, reconstruct

6. constructverb

   create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts

   "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"

   Synonyms:
   retrace, build, manufacture, make, fabricate, reconstruct

7. reconstruct, construct, retraceverb

   reassemble mentally

   "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"

   Synonyms:
   restore, rebuild, trace, manufacture, make, redo, retrace, build, reconstruct, fabricate, remodel

Matched Categories

1. • Create
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Draw
   • Geometry
   • Speculate

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1. constructverb

   Synonyms:
   fabricate, build, erect, raise, set up, put together

2. constructverb

   Synonyms:
   organize, institute, arrange, make, form, frame

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1. List of paraphrases for "construct":

   build, construction, building, constructing, constructed, built, vector, erect

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How to use construct in a sentence?

1. Kurt Vonnegut:

   Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.

2. Marine Gen. John Allen:

   The employment of military force absent a clear policy construct can be a dangerous thing, what the President needs to do is ensure that no one comes away from this with the sense that this was a one-off, single use of military force. He needs to help us all understand what his grand strategy is and what his overarching policy intent is for the employment of force.

3. Ann Wilson:

   We had always been a real band; Heart was never a construct.

4. Adam Smith:

   The committee denies this request. The committee does not approve the proposed use of Department of Defense funds to construct additional physical barriers and roads or install lighting in the vicinity of the United States border.

5. Erik Gordon:

   When you ... construct an unusually complex and not transparent way of doing things, the first question is: 'Why didn't you do it the standard easy way?'.