Antonyms for build
bɪldbuild

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1. buildverb

   Antonyms:
   weaken, destroy, demolish, decrease, dissipate

   Synonyms:
   strengthen, found, ground, enlarge, increase, create, construct, erect, build up

2. buildverb

   to form by combining materials or parts

   Rugby players are of sturdy build.

   Antonyms:
   demolish, destroy, weaken, decrease, dissipate

   Synonyms:
   found, build up, create, strengthen, erect, increase, enlarge, ground, construct

3. buildverb

   to develop or give form to according to a plan or process

   Antonyms:
   decrease, demolish, dissipate, weaken, destroy

   Synonyms:
   build up, increase, erect, strengthen, found, ground, construct, create, enlarge

4. buildverb

   to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to

   Antonyms:
   dissipate, demolish, weaken, destroy, decrease

   Synonyms:
   ground, found, enlarge, strengthen, increase, create, erect, construct, build up

5. buildverb

   to establish a basis for

   Antonyms:
   decrease, destroy, demolish, dissipate, weaken

   Synonyms:
   build up, ground, construct, create, increase, found, strengthen, enlarge, erect

6. buildverb

   to form by combining materials or parts

   Antonyms:
   destroy, decrease, weaken, demolish, dissipate

   Synonyms:
   erect, increase, create, strengthen, construct, found, enlarge, build up, ground

7. buildverb

   to develop in magnitude or extent

   Synonyms:
   enlarge, build up, create, strengthen, ground, increase, erect, found, construct

   Antonyms:
   demolish, destroy, dissipate, decrease, weaken

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1. build

   Antonyms:
   demolish, destroy, overthrow, overturn, raze, ruin

   Synonyms:
   construct, create, make, repair, restore

Matched Categories

1. • Architecture
   • Base
   • Bodily Property
   • Chemistry
   • Create
   • Develop
   • Improve
   • Increase
   • Intensify
   • Oversee

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1. physique, build, body-build, habitusnoun

   constitution of the human body

   Synonyms:
   chassis, flesh, form, material body, human body, bod, habitus, physical body, soma, body-build, anatomy, physique, shape, frame, figure

2. human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, fleshverb

   alternative names for the body of a human being

   "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

   Synonyms:
   framing, course, skeletal system, figure, flesh, pulp, frame, shape, variety, kind, conformation, figure of speech, image, chassis, physical body, trope, frame of reference, soma, haoma, human body, underframe, strain, contour, grade, systema skeletale, general anatomy, cast, form, mannikin, inning, physique, phase, mannequin, condition, skeleton, body-build, habitus, configuration, fig, variant, number, digit, class, pattern, bod, name, skeletal frame, signifier, embodiment, descriptor, manikin, public figure, sort, anatomy, word form, var., design, material body, manakin

3. 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, construct, 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

4. build up, work up, build, progressverb

   form or accumulate steadily

   "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

   Synonyms:
   work out, fortify, get up, progress, come on, construct, go on, arm, come along, develop, move on, shape up, build up, pass on, march on, get along, advance, establish, gird, ramp up, get on, make, work up

5. build, establishverb

   build or establish something abstract

   "build a reputation"

   Synonyms:
   demonstrate, ground, progress, install, construct, found, plant, base, set up, ramp up, instal, launch, prove, give, institute, build up, show, shew, lay down, establish, make, work up, constitute

6. buildverb

   improve the cleansing action of

   "build detergents"

   Synonyms:
   construct, work up, progress, establish, make, build up, ramp up

7. buildverb

   order, supervise, or finance the construction of

   "The government is building new schools in this state"

   Synonyms:
   construct, work up, progress, establish, make, build up, ramp up

8. buildverb

   give form to, according to a plan

   "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"

   Synonyms:
   construct, work up, progress, establish, make, build up, ramp up

9. buildverb

   be engaged in building

   "These architects build in interesting and new styles"

   Synonyms:
   construct, work up, progress, establish, make, build up, ramp up

10. buildverb

    found or ground

    "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"

    Synonyms:
    construct, work up, progress, establish, make, build up, ramp up

11. build up, work up, build, ramp upverb

    bolster or strengthen

    "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

    Synonyms:
    progress, develop, construct, make, fortify, get up, build up, establish, ramp up, arm, work up, work out, gird

12. buildverb

    develop and grow

    "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"

    Synonyms:
    construct, work up, progress, establish, make, build up, ramp up

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1. buildverb

   Synonyms:
   erect, construct, raise

How to use build in a sentence?

1. Nawfal Fassi-Fihri:

   We want them to become role models for the next entrepreneurs. We want them to become venture capitalists and invest in start-ups. We want to build an ecosystem.

2. Charles Caudrelier:

   I've tried to build this team as a family and we have had some success, it was really important that the Chinese sailors felt included in the team and the performance.

3. Father Daniel Alkhory:

   The children are very traumatized. They've lost their hopes and dreams and we try to help them understand that life keeps going, but a child is like a flower, we can shape them. We have to take care of them now ; otherwise the next generation of ISIS could come from these children. Through all their sadness and depression, they wanted revenge. I knew I needed to build a new environment for them.

4. Mia Tretta:

   If you can put together an IKEA dresser, you can build a ghost gun, unfortunately, it is that easy to get a weapon that has not only changed my life but has done the same thing to thousands of others. Finalizing this rule is a critical step to making sure no one else has to go through what my family has had to go through.

5. Toto Wolff on Saturday:

   The Mercedes-powered team's the first racetrack( of the season) that he has actually raced on, barcelona he knew from testing but this is the first time he can build on some experience he had before.

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