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

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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

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

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1. List of paraphrases:

   build, construct

How to use erect in a sentence?

1. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

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

2. Robert G. Ingersoll:

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

3. Remy de Gourmont:

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

4. Shane Leslie:

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

5. Emily Brontë:

   Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.

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