Synonyms for erect
ɪˈrɛkterect

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1. erect

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

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

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1. 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"

   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, erectverb

   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 upverb

   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, erectverb

   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

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1. erectverb

   Synonyms:
   set up, place upright, set upright

2. erectverb

   Synonyms:
   raise, build, construct

3. erectverb

   Synonyms:
   exalt, elevate, magnify

4. erectverb

   Synonyms:
   institute, found, form, plant, establish

5. erectverb

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

6. erectadjective

   Synonyms:
   upright, not prone

7. erectadjective

   Synonyms:
   elevated, turned upward

8. erectadjective

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

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1. erectadjective

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

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

2. erectverb

   Synonyms:
   build, raise

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1. List of paraphrases for "erect":

   build, construct

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1. Johann von Goethe:

   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.

2. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   We will also erect a fence at certain locations on the Croatian border.

3. 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.

4. Shane Leslie:

   The American sign of civic progress is to tear down the familiar and erect the monstrous.

5. Prime Minister Boiko Borisov:

   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.