Build

//bɪld//

Synonyms for "build" (250 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (50)

build up base construct create physique add to aesthetic form aggrandize amplify anatomy archetype architectonics architecture arrangement art form assemble augment benefit bloat blow up

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bod body body build body-build boost broaden build in building bulk bulk out burgeon cast combine compose composition compound concoct configuration

Verb(8 words)

build up construct make artifice assemble base betimber compile

Noun(4 words)

anatomy bod body-build chassis

Strong matches (75)

Related words (125)

increase indite inflate inner form install intensify invest jack up join jump up lay the foundation layout lengthen magnify make make up makeup making manufacture matrix

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Verb(14 words)

increase knock up manufacture produce progress put together put up raise ramp up rear strengthen timber upbuild work up

Noun(5 words)

material body physical body physique shape soma

How these synonyms differ

assemble - 'Assemble' means putting pre-made parts together, it's building from components rather than raw materials.
construct - 'Construct' is more formal and technical, you build a treehouse but construct a bridge. It implies engineering and planning.
erect - 'Erect' implies raising something upward, you erect a building, a monument, or a barrier. It emphasizes the vertical.
forge - 'Forge' implies building through intense effort and heat, metaphorically, you forge alliances, reputations, and paths through difficulty.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

22 entries

ameliorate amend base better bodily property body create deepen develop establish found ground improve increase intensify make

Showing 16 of 22 words.

More specific

8 entries

bring about compose mason nidulate outbuild overbuild quilt rebuild

Antonyms

10 entries

break decrease demolish demolition destroy destroying down raze tear tear down

Synonyms

6 entries

base build up construct create human body physique

Related terms

4 entries

building increase nurture physique

derived

52 entries

Rome wasn't built in a day back-build bookbuild build a better mousetrap build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door build a bridge and get over it build a case build a fire under build air castles build artifact build bridges build castles in the air build character build down build in build into

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

bottle

has context

5 entries

architecture chemistry computing slang video games

is a

2 entries

facet collection physiological attribute of animals

manner of

7 entries

better create develop establish intensify make oversee

related to

92 entries

action activity architecture assemble basis blocks boards bob brick brick laying bricks bricks mortar building buildings cement compilation

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similar

6 entries

build up construct make progress ramp up work up

Translations

298 translations across 120 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

bou verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Albanian

1 entries

ndërtoj verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Algerian Arabic

1 entries

بْنى verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Amharic

1 entries

መገንባት verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

δέμω verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
κτίζω verb ((transitive) to establish a basis for)
μηχανάομαι verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
οἰκοδομέω verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Arabic

3 entries

بَنَى verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
بْنى verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
بْنى verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Armenian

4 entries

կառուցել verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
կերտել verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
կերտել verb ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)
շինել verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Assamese

2 entries

বনা verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
সাজ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Asturian

1 entries

construyir verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

qurmaq verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Bangi

1 entries

tonga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Basque

1 entries

eraiki verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Belarusian

2 entries

будава́ць verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
пабудава́ць verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Bengali

1 entries

নির্মাণ করা verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Breton

1 entries

sevel verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Bulgarian

4 entries

версия noun (any version of a software during its development)
телосложе́ние noun (physique)
градя́ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
компили́рам verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

Burmese

2 entries

ဆောက် verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ဆောက်လုပ် verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Catalan

3 entries

compilar verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)
construir verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
edificar verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

دروستکردن verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Chechen

1 entries

хьал да verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Cherokee

2 entries

ᎠᏁᏍᎨᎭ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ᎠᏐᏲᎭ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

建設 /建设 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
建造 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

建設 /建设 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
建造 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries

chīhua verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Cornish

4 entries

byldya verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
derevel verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
drehevel verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
gwruthyl verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Czech

4 entries

sestavení noun (any version of a software during its development)
budovat verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
postavit verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
stavět verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Danish

1 entries

bygge verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Dutch

3 entries

bouw noun (physique)
bouwen verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
opbouwen verb ((transitive) to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to)

Egyptian

1 entries

A35-D40 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Esperanto

4 entries

muntaĵo noun (any version of a software during its development)
konstrui verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
konstrui verb ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)
munti verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

Estonian

1 entries

ehitama verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ewe

2 entries

tu verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
tu verb ((intransitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Faroese

1 entries

byggja verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Finnish

4 entries

koontiversio noun (any version of a software during its development)
ruumiinrakenne noun (physique)
versio noun (any version of a software during its development)
buildata verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

French

4 entries

carrure noun (physique)
version noun (any version of a software during its development)
bâtir verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
compiler verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

Galician

1 entries

compilar verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

Ge'ez

1 entries

ሐነጸ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Georgian

4 entries

აგებულება noun (physique)
აღნაგობა noun (physique)
აგება verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
აშენება verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

German

3 entries

Bau noun (physique)
Körperbau noun (physique)
bauen verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Greek

1 entries

χτίζω verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Hebrew

1 entries

בָּנָה verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Hindi

2 entries

तामीर करना verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
निर्माण करना verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Hungarian

1 entries

épít verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Icelandic

1 entries

byggja verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ido

1 entries

konstruktar verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Indonesian

2 entries

membangun verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
mendirikan verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ingrian

2 entries

rakentaa verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
stroittaa verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ingush

1 entries

хьал де verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

ساخْتَن verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Irish

3 entries

cruth noun (physique)
déanamh noun (physique)
tóg verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Italian

2 entries

costruire verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
edificare verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Japanese

4 entries

ビルド noun (any version of a software during its development)
建てる verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
建設する verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
構築する verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Javanese

1 entries

mbangun verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Karachay-Balkar

2 entries

кураргъа verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
этерге verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Kashubian

1 entries

bùdowac verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Kazakh

2 entries

салу verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
құру verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Khmer

2 entries

កសាង verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
សង់ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Kituba

2 entries

kutunga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
tunga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Korean

3 entries

건설하다 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
만들다 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
짓다 verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

куруу verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
салуу verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ladino

1 entries

fraguar verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Lao

3 entries

ກໍ່ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ກໍ່ສ້າງ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ສ້າງ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Latin

4 entries

aedificō verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
construō verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
mūniō verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
struō verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Latvian

3 entries

celt verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
celt verb ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)
veidot verb ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)

Lingala

1 entries

tónga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Lithuanian

1 entries

statyti verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Low German

1 entries

boen verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

twariś verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Macedonian

1 entries

гради verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Malay

1 entries

membina verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Malayalam

1 entries

നിർമ്മിക്കുക verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Maltese

1 entries

bena verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Marathi

1 entries

बांधणे verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Mongolian

2 entries

барих verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
босгох verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Māori

2 entries

hanga noun (physique)
hanga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Nepali

1 entries

निर्माण गर्नु verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Norman

2 entries

bâti verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
construithe verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

ava kirin verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

bygning noun (physique)
kroppsbygning noun (physique)
bygge verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

byggja verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Occitan

1 entries

construire verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Old English

1 entries

timbran verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Old Irish

1 entries

con·utaing verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Old Norse

1 entries

byggja verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Oromo

1 entries

ijaaruu verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

جثه noun (physique)

Polish

4 entries

budowa ciała noun (physique)
kompilacja noun (any version of a software during its development)
budować verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
kompilować verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

Portuguese

3 entries

físico noun (physique)
compilar verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)
construir verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Romanian

2 entries

clădi verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
construi verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Russian

4 entries

сборка noun (any version of a software during its development)
телосложе́ние noun (physique)
постро́ить verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
собра́ть verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)

Scots

2 entries

big verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
build verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

dèanamh noun (physique)
tog verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kompilacija noun (any version of a software during its development)
međuverzija noun (any version of a software during its development)
gráditi verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
izgráditi verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Shan

1 entries

ၵေႃႇသၢင်ႈ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Slovak

4 entries

postava noun (physique)
verzia noun (any version of a software during its development)
budovať verb ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)
budovať verb ((transitive) to increase or strengthen by adding gradually to)

Slovene

1 entries

graditi verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Sotho

1 entries

haha verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Southern Altai

3 entries

тӧзӧӧр verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
эдер verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
јазаар verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Spanish

4 entries

físico noun (physique)
compilar verb ((transitive, computing) to construct software by compiling its source code)
construir verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
edificar verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Swahili

1 entries

jenga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Swedish

4 entries

bygge noun (any version of a software during its development)
byggnad noun (physique)
kroppsbyggnad noun (physique)
anlägga verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Sylheti

2 entries

ꠛꠣꠘꠣꠘꠤ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ꠢꠣꠎꠣ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Tajik

1 entries

сохтан verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Tatar

2 entries

төзү verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ясау verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Thai

3 entries

ก่อ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
ก่อสร้าง verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
สร้าง verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Tibetan

2 entries

བཟོས verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
བརྒྱབ verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Turkish

3 entries

inşa etmek verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
kurmak verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
yapmak verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Ukrainian

2 entries

будува́ти verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
збудува́ти verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Urdu

1 entries

تَعْمِیر کَرْنا verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Uyghur

2 entries

سالماق verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
قىلماق verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Uzbek

2 entries

qurmoq verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
solmoq verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Venetan

2 entries

costruir verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
costruir verb ((transitive) to develop or give form to according to a plan or process)

Vietnamese

2 entries

xây verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
xây dựng verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Volapük

1 entries

bumön verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Walloon

1 entries

basti verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Welsh

2 entries

adeiladu verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
codi verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

White Hmong

1 entries

kho verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Yiddish

2 entries

אויסבויען verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
בויען verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Zhuang

2 entries

caux verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)
hwnj verb ((transitive) to form by combining materials or parts)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You must build up your courage.

Source: tatoeba (15905)

It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.

Source: tatoeba (20654)

The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.

Source: tatoeba (21237)

We opposed his plan to build a new road.

Source: tatoeba (22736)

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