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Synonyms for erect
ɪˈrɛkt
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
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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, erect(verb)
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 up(verb)
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, erect(verb)
cause to rise up
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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
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
erect(v. a.)
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set up, place upright, set uprighterect(v. a.)
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[Poetical.] cheer, animate, inspirit, enliven, encourageerect(a.)
erect(a.)
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elevated, turned upwarderect(a.)
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bold, undaunted, undismayed, unterrified, firm, unshaken
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How to use erect in a sentence?
Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.
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.
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.
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.
The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws.
Translations for erect
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- изправям, прав, изправен, вертикален, издигамBulgarian
- খাড়াBengali
- erecteCatalan, Valencian
- vztyčitCzech
- fondiEsperanto
- rakentaa, pysty, pystyttää, pystyasennossaFinnish
- togScottish Gaelic
- tegakIndonesian
- eretto, duro, drittoItalian
- قیتKurdish
- whakatū, takotako, whaihanga, toraMāori
- подигнат, исправен, простум, подига, креваMacedonian
- reise, erigereNorwegian
- wznieśćPolish
- прямой, возводить, строить, сооружать, распрямлять, вертикально поднятый, ощетинившийся, вертикальный, выпрямлять, устанавливать, торчащийRussian
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