Erect Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭ-rĕkt
Directed or pointed upward
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. upright
  2. vertical
  3. raised
  4. straight
  5. perpendicular
  6. bold
  7. orthostatic
  8. tumid
  9. right
  10. standing
  11. standing-up
  12. undaunted
  13. upstanding
  14. erectile
  15. undismayed
  16. house-proud
  17. proud-looking
  18. proud-minded
  19. proudful
Antonyms:
  1. horizontal
  2. cringing
  3. unerect
  4. inverted
  5. oblique
  6. prone
  7. recumbent
  8. prostrate
To build
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. raise
  2. build
  3. rear
  4. construct
  5. put up
  6. make
  7. fabricate
  8. assemble
  9. create
  10. elevate
  11. establish
  12. exalt
  13. perpendicular
  14. rigid
  15. standing
  16. stiff
  17. proud-spirited
  18. straight
  19. upended
  20. set up
  21. upright
  22. vertical
To assemble
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. put together
  2. fit together
  3. join
  4. set up
To establish
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. found
  2. institute
  3. set up
  4. form
Antonyms:
  1. cringing
  2. horizontal
  3. inverted
  4. oblique
  5. prone
  6. recumbent
  7. prostrate
  8. topple
  9. raze
Synonyms:
(Noun)
  1. perpendicularity
  2. verticality

Words Related to Erect

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. organize
  2. rise
  3. errected
  4. re-erected
  5. demolish
  6. erection
  7. erected
  8. built-in
  9. re-built
  10. re-sited

Erect Sentence Examples

  • In 1836 he began to erect a grand conservatory 300 ft.

  • Anatole stood erect with staring eyes.

  • It is a tall perennial grass-like plant, giving off numerous erect stems 6 to 12 ft.

  • Not two minutes had passed before Prince Vasili with head erect majestically entered the room.

  • Natasha sat erect, gazing with a searching look now at her father and now at Pierre.

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