Synonyms for erect
ɪˈrɛkt

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1. erect, vertical, upright(adj)

   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"

   Synonyms:
   just, vertical, upright, good, perpendicular, tumid, unsloped

   Antonyms:
   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)

2. tumid, erect(verb)

   of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

   Synonyms:
   large, vertical, upright, tumescent, declamatory, intumescent, orotund, tumid, turgid, bombastic, puffy

   Antonyms:
   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), resupine

3. raise, erect, rear, set up, put up(verb)

   construct, build, or erect

   "Raise a barn"

   Synonyms:
   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 together

   Antonyms:
   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, sleeping

4. rear, erect(verb)

   cause to rise up

   Synonyms:
   bring up, nurture, rear, rise, raise, lift, set up, parent, rise up, put up

   Antonyms:
   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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. erect

   Synonyms:
   elevate, raise, establish, plant, uplift, construct, build, found, institute, set up

   Antonyms:
   lower, supplant, subvert, der press, remove, destroy, demolish

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. erect(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   set up, place upright, set upright

2. erect(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   raise, build, construct

3. erect(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   exalt, elevate, magnify

4. erect(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   institute, found, form, plant, establish

5. erect(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourage

6. erect(a.)

   Synonyms:
   upright, not prone

7. erect(a.)

   Synonyms:
   elevated, turned upward

8. erect(a.)

   Synonyms:
   bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. erect(a)

   Synonyms:
   upright, vertical, raised, undaunted, bold, undismayed

   Antonyms:
   horizontal, recumbent, prone, inverted, oblique, cringing

2. erect(v)

   Synonyms:
   build, raise

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   build, construct

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How to use erect in a sentence?

1. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   He stands erect by bending over the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

2. Ken Gross:

   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.

3. Remy de Gourmont:

   The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws.

4. Metastasio:

   He who devises evil for another falls at last into his own pit, and the most cunning finds himself caught by what he had prepared for another. But virtue without guile, erect like the lofty palm, rises with greater vigour when it is oppressed.

5. Andrew Lawrence:

   What you need to do if you want an economic wood solution is to think about all the aspects from outset, you will save on the program because it's all dry and is quick to erect and potentially, if you're making an office building, you can leave a lot of the wood exposed, saving on the cost and time of installing finishes.

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