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. Jim Ambrose:

   The guiding principle was pair-bonding with a man and to be even more specific, to make sure that I possessed a proper vessel for an erect penis, the end goal wasn't that I would be a sexually satisfied woman, or a person who was curious about other forms of sexuality. ... Jim Ambrose personal sexual pleasure wasn't taken into account.

2. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

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

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. Laura Vitarelli:

   He got up with us and followed us to the door and said,' Are you sure you want to leave ?' And he pulled out his penis and it was fully erect, it was very uncomfortable for the both of us, and we knew we had to get out of there so we left as fast as we could.

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