build synonyms

build

v.

  1. To construct

    erect, construct, frame, raise, rear, make, manufacture, put together, fit together, fabricate, contrive, carpenter, assemble, put up, set up, model, hammer together, knock together, throw together, throw up, pile stone on stone, sculpture, fashion, compose, evolve, develop, compile, cast, reconstruct, chisel, hew, mold, produce, forge, block out, bring about, create, devise, carve, weave; see also create 2, form 1.

    Antonyms destroy*, demolish*, wreck. *

  2. To increase

    mount, wax, swell, intensify; see grow 1, 2, increase 1, strengthen.

  3. To found

    establish, formulate, institute, constitute; see establish 2, organize 2.

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