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Synonyms for build
bɪldbuild

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. buildverb

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

    Antonyms:
    weaken, destroy, demolish, decrease, dissipate

  2. buildverb

    to form by combining materials or parts

    Rugby players are of sturdy build.

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

    Antonyms:
    demolish, destroy, weaken, decrease, dissipate

  3. buildverb

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

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

    Antonyms:
    decrease, demolish, dissipate, weaken, destroy

  4. buildverb

    to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to

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

    Antonyms:
    dissipate, demolish, weaken, destroy, decrease

  5. buildverb

    to establish a basis for

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

    Antonyms:
    decrease, destroy, demolish, dissipate, weaken

  6. buildverb

    to form by combining materials or parts

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

    Antonyms:
    destroy, decrease, weaken, demolish, dissipate

  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

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. build

    Synonyms:
    construct, create, make, repair, restore

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

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 2 votes

  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

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. buildverb

    Synonyms:
    construct, erect, raise, fabricate

  2. buildverb

    Synonyms:
    construct edifices

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. buildverb

    Synonyms:
    erect, construct, raise

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How to use build in a sentence?

  1. Scarlett Johansson:

    I think you'll learn about what Natasha Romanoff is afraid of, and I think you'll learn about what parts of Natasha Romanoff Natasha Romanoff's afraid of, you really see Natasha Romanoff in, like, a pretty broken-down place, and Natasha Romanoff kinda has to build Natasha Romanoff back up and pull all the pieces together in this film. It gets kind of gnarly, but good gnarly.

  2. Clifford Villalon:

    Through the years, people of the world (young and old) build castles in the sands. Grains of different styles, shapes and sizes representing a common notion... beauty and harmony.

  3. Edward Young:

    Too low they build, who build beneath the stars.

  4. Dirk Hoke:

    In my view, it is hugely important that we participate as equal partners so that we are primed to develop and build technologies for such a gateway.

  5. Pete Buttigieg:

    The conversation in Washington has always been about the next fight, the next hill, the next bill -- so much so that I think some folks seeing the tug of war over' Build Back Better' kind of lost track of the fact that the infrastructure law passed, it is important for them to know that that this bridge over the rail yard in Chattanooga that we just announced is coming to you because the President's vision and ability to work with Congress, both sides of the aisle, to get funding for this.


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