Building synonyms
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(Fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
The trade of building structures
A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building
Collection or gathering, especially of money.
hotel (related)
The guest accommodation and dining section of a cruise ship.
An elaborate conceptual structure:
The definition of fabrication is something that is false or not real.
A physical structure; a building.
(Politics) The building where a deliberative assembly meets; hence, the assembly itself, forming a component of a (national or state) legislature. [from 10th c.]
A structure, usually rigid, serving to hold the parts of something together or to support something constructed or stretched over or around it
superstructure
The definition of a superstructure is a building or part of a building built above the foundation.
Basic or skeletal structure around which a thing is built and that gives the thing its shape; framework, as of a house
architectural construction
A structure
A long, heavy timber or beam driven into the ground, sometimes under water, to support a bridge, dock, etc.
The act of building
apartment house (related)
A structure
architecture (related)
A style of construction
barn (related)
A farm building for sheltering harvested crops, livestock, machines, etc.
castle (related)
A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, usually dominating the surrounding country.
factory (related)
A business establishment for commercial agents or factors in a foreign country.
home (related)
The house, apartment, etc. where one lives or is living temporarily; living quarters
motel (related)
(As a modifier; used attributively) Of architecture, interior design, etc, in the style of a motel; identical and anonymous.
palace (related)
A large, often gaudily ornate building used for entertainment or exhibitions.
skyscraper (related)
A very tall building with a great number of floors.
temple (related)
A building for the worship of a divinity or divinities
An apartment building:
casa
(Informal, slang) house
A card game for two to four players. (Also spelled cassino.)
A place to live in; residence; house; abode
A crude or makeshift dwelling or shelter; a shack.
A set of things similar to a library in appearance, function, or organization, especially:
A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value.
An abundant source or supply:
A room or set of rooms tenanted as a separate dwelling; apartment; flat
A room with tiers of seats used for lectures or demonstrations:
dacha
In Russia, a country house or cottage used as a vacation retreat
To compose:
To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
To bring about; generate or effect:
Structure means to purposefully arrange something in a specific way.
To give definite shape to; make, as by cutting or molding material
To make or fashion by shaping:
To form in combination; make up; constitute
upping
To raise (a preceding bet or an ante)
To make oneself responsible. Used with for.
To make fresh or sound again, as though new; clean up, replace worn and broken parts in, repair, etc.
(Archaic) To lift upright; raise.
To make or process goods, especially in large quantities and by means of industrial machines.
To make (a quantity) larger.
To make (objects) by pouring molten material into a mold.
The definition of fashion is to make or give form to.
To make greater in size, bulk, scope, etc.; enlarge; dilate; extend
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
To engineer is defined as to create, plan, build or design a solution or a process.
To make stronger or more effective; strengthen (muscles)
To cause to come into existence; bring into being; make; originate; esp., to make or design (something requiring art, skill, invention, etc.)
To invent, to make devices; to form designs especially by improvisation.
Chisel means to shape or cut a hard material using a hand tool called a chisel.
The definition of assemble is to come together in a given place.
To make a model of
To engage in weaving; make cloth.
To make or form by or as if by cutting:
(Archaic) To make secret plans for; plot
To make (something) by or as by this method; form; shape; produce
To yield, make or manufacture; to generate.
To make or shape by or as by cutting or chopping with an ax, etc.
To construct again; rebuild; make over
To make by such a method
To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
To develop a characteristic through the process of evolution.
We institute your Grace / To be our regent in these parts of France.
To set up (a law, government, institution, etc.); establish
To devise or invent:
To become intense or increase in intensity
To increase in volume or loudness
To grow gradually larger, more numerous, etc.; increase in strength, intensity, volume, etc.
To increase in amount
To dig in the ground, as with the snout
To base; ground
To base or establish (a statement or action, for example):
(Electricity) To connect (an electric circuit) to a ground.
To base is defined as to make a determination, to create groundwork or to place something somewhere.
(Intransitive) To increase or become great.
To surge up.
To increase or improve suddenly above the normal or usual level:
(Intransitive) To increase in value or standing.
To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation
To increase or have the power to increase the size or volume of an image or a sound.
To increase in amount or degree; intensify:
To increase, enlarge, or intensify:
To become larger; increase in size, extent, etc.; expand
(Electricity) To increase the voltage of (a circuit).
(Electronics) To increase the strength of (an electrical signal) by means of an amplifier
wrecking (antonym)
To work as a wrecker.
demolishing (antonym)
To pull down, tear down, or smash to pieces (a building, etc.)
destroying (antonym)
To make useless
overturning (antonym)
To conquer; defeat; ruin
overthrowing (antonym)
To throw a ball or the like beyond (the intended receiver or target)
ruining (antonym)
To destroy, spoil, or damage irreparably
decreasing (antonym)
To become or cause to become less or smaller, as in number, amount, or intensity.
razing (antonym)
To raze is to completely destroy something to the ground.
dismantling (antonym)
To remove fittings or furnishings from.
organizing (related)
To develop into or assume an orderly, functional, or coherent structure.
strengthening (related)
(Intransitive) To grow strong or stronger.
Synonym Study
- Pile is applied in poetry and lofty prose to a very large building or mass of buildings
- Structure may also suggest an imposing building, or may be used when the material of construction is being stressed a steel structure
- Edifice implies a large or stately building and is sometimes used figuratively the edifice of democracy
- Building is the general term applied to a fixed structure in which people dwell, work, etc.
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