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Synonyms for erect
ɪˈrɛkterect
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Princeton's WordNet
erect, vertical, uprightadjective
upright in position or posture
"an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
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just, vertical, upright, good, perpendicular, tumid, unslopedAntonyms:
prostrate, cernuous, round-backed, supine, drooping, soft, crooked, nodding, decumbent, recumbent, resupine, round-shouldered, bended, hunched, stooping, accumbent, flat, procumbent, stooped, semi-prostrate, pendulous, couchant(ip), weeping, prone, unerect, sleeping, bent, dormant(ip)tumid, erectverb
of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
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large, vertical, upright, tumescent, declamatory, intumescent, orotund, tumid, turgid, bombastic, puffyAntonyms:
accumbent, prostrate, flat, nodding, round-shouldered, bended, stooping, sleeping, semi-prostrate, procumbent, crooked, round-backed, unerect, pendulous, soft, recumbent, drooping, stooped, supine, prone, bent, weeping, dormant(ip), hunched, decumbent, cernuous, couchant(ip), resupineraise, erect, rear, set up, put upverb
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"
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elevate, resurrect, rise up, endure, provoke, launch, fire, leaven, call forth, entrap, put, stand, kick upstairs, lift, effect, frame, upgrade, put up, fix, digest, arrange, stomach, install, set up, provide, bring up, raise, recruit, enkindle, ready, levy, found, conjure, offer, establish, upraise, rise, contribute, effectuate, stick out, tolerate, conjure up, set, brook, suffer, enhance, gear up, domiciliate, prepare, put together, can, tack, post, house, prove, put forward, invoke, pitch, evoke, assemble, piece, heighten, rear, put in, rig, instal, stir, order, elicit, ensnare, bear, nurture, parent, produce, abide, nominate, kindle, arouse, grow, tin, promote, support, advance, farm, get up, lay out, call down, tack togetherAntonyms:
couchant(ip), cernuous, decumbent, nodding, dormant(ip), bended, weeping, drooping, semi-prostrate, round-shouldered, accumbent, round-backed, prone, hunched, stooped, procumbent, soft, resupine, pendulous, prostrate, flat, stooping, crooked, unerect, recumbent, supine, bent, sleepingrear, erectverb
cause to rise up
Synonyms:
bring up, nurture, rear, rise, raise, lift, set up, parent, rise up, put upAntonyms:
prostrate, round-shouldered, nodding, couchant(ip), crooked, accumbent, soft, dormant(ip), pendulous, procumbent, resupine, flat, unerect, stooped, prone, recumbent, decumbent, drooping, supine, bended, bent, cernuous, sleeping, stooping, hunched, weeping, semi-prostrate, round-backed
Dictionary of English Synonymes
erectverb
Synonyms:
set up, place upright, set uprighterectverb
erectverb
erectverb
erectverb
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[Poetical.] cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourageerectadjective
erectadjective
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elevated, turned upwarderectadjective
Synonyms:
bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken
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How to use erect in a sentence?
I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.
We will also erect a fence at certain locations on the Croatian border.
For a lot of people who aren't enthusiasts, it's not particularly important who designed the car, i don't know that anyone is going to erect a statue to Harley Earl, but I think it's important that he's remembered. There really isn't anybody today in the design industry that has the impact and the clout, the presence and the profile that Harley Earl had in his day. ... But Harley had a unique set of circumstances. He was The Man.
The American sign of civic progress is to tear down the familiar and erect the monstrous.
The main threat is coming from the Greek border, it is very long and unprotected, and our concern is that the Greek government did not take measures in recent months. We are ready to erect a barrier if necessary.
Translations for erect
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- изправям, прав, издигам, вертикален, изправенBulgarian
- খাড়াBengali
- erecteCatalan, Valencian
- vztyčitCzech
- fondiEsperanto
- pystyasennossa, rakentaa, pystyttää, pystyFinnish
- togScottish Gaelic
- tegakIndonesian
- dritto, duro, erettoItalian
- قیتKurdish
- takotako, whaihanga, whakatū, toraMāori
- исправен, простум, подига, крева, подигнатMacedonian
- erigere, reiseNorwegian
- wznieśćPolish
- устанавливать, прямой, торчащий, выпрямлять, вертикальный, ощетинившийся, возводить, строить, вертикально поднятый, сооружать, распрямлятьRussian
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