Building

//ˈbɪl.dɪŋ//

Synonyms for "building" (142 found)

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capable of

5 entries

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3 entries

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1 entries

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1 entries

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1 entries

has a

2 entries

has prerequisite

2 entries

has property

2 entries

holonym

6 entries

is a

16 entries

meronym

11 entries

not desires

1 entries

receives action

3 entries

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32 entries

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used for

16 entries

Translations

356 translations across 117 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • gebou noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Albanian

1 entries
  • ndërtesë noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • οἰκοδομία noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • οἰκοδόμησις noun (act or process of building)
  • οἴκημα noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بِنَاء noun (act or process of building)
  • بِنَاء noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • بِنَايَة noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • دَار noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կառուցում noun (act or process of building)
  • շենք noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • շինարարություն noun (act or process of building)

Asturian

3 entries
  • edificación noun (act or process of building)
  • edificación noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • edificiu noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bina noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • inşaat noun (act or process of building)
  • tikinti noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • tikmə noun (act or process of building)

Baluchi

1 entries
  • ماڑی noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Basque

2 entries
  • eraikin noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • eraikina noun (act or process of building)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • будава́нне n будаўні́цтва noun (act or process of building)
  • будо́ва noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • буды́нак noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • дом noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Bengali

2 entries
  • দালান noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ভবন noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Breton

1 entries
  • savadur noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • граде́ж noun (act or process of building)
  • дом noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • зда́ние noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • изгра́ждане noun (act or process of building)

Burmese

4 entries
  • တိုက် noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • တိုက်အိမ် noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ရုံ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • အဆောက်အအုံ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • будо́ва noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Catalan

2 entries
  • construcció noun (act or process of building)
  • edifici noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بینا noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • بیناکردن noun (act or process of building)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏓᏁᎸᎢ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Chickasaw

2 entries
  • abooha noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • aboowa noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 大廈 /大厦 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 建築物 /建筑物 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 建築 /建筑 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • 建築物 /建筑物 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • 建設 /建设 noun (act or process of building)

Choctaw

1 entries
  • chuka noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • bina noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Czech

4 entries
  • budova noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • budování noun (act or process of building)
  • dům noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • stavba noun (act or process of building)

Danish

3 entries
  • byggeri noun (act or process of building)
  • bygning noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • opførelse (af en bygning) noun (act or process of building)

Dutch

3 entries
  • bouw noun (act or process of building)
  • bouwen noun (act or process of building)
  • gebouw noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • konstruado noun (act or process of building)
  • konstruaĵo noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Estonian

3 entries
  • ehitamine noun (act or process of building)
  • ehitus noun (act or process of building)
  • hoone noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bygningur noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Finnish

4 entries
  • rakennus noun (act or process of building)
  • rakennus noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • rakennustaito noun (act or process of building)
  • rakentaminen noun (act or process of building)

French

4 entries
  • bâtiment noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • construction noun (act or process of building)
  • immeuble noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • édifice noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Galician

3 entries
  • construción noun (act or process of building)
  • construción noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • edificio noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Georgian

4 entries
  • აგება noun (act or process of building)
  • მშენებლობა noun (act or process of building)
  • ნაგებობა noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • შენება noun (act or process of building)

German

4 entries
  • Bau noun (act or process of building)
  • Bau noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • Bauen noun (act or process of building)
  • Gebäude noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐍉 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Greek

4 entries
  • δόμηση noun (act or process of building)
  • κτήριο noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • κτίριο noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • κτίσμα noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • illu noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • illuliaq noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • મકાન noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Haitian Creole

2 entries
  • batiman noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • bilding noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • hale noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • בְּנִיָּה noun (act or process of building)
  • בנייה noun (act or process of building)
  • בניין \ בִּנְיָן noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इमारत noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • निर्माण noun (act or process of building)
  • निर्माण noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • भवन noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • felépítés noun (act or process of building)
  • építkezés noun (act or process of building)
  • építés noun (act or process of building)
  • épület noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • bygging noun (act or process of building)
  • bygging noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • hús noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Ido

1 entries
  • edifico noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • bangunan noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • gedung noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • konstruksi noun (act or process of building)
  • pembangunan noun (act or process of building)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • hoone noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • بَنا noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ساخْتِمان noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ساخْتِمون noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • عِمارَت noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Irish

1 entries
  • foirgneamh noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Italian

4 entries
  • costruzione noun (act or process of building)
  • edificazione noun (act or process of building)
  • edificio noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • formazione noun (act or process of building)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ビル noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • 建屋 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • 建物 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • 建築 noun (act or process of building)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • ғимарат noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • құрылыс noun (act or process of building)
  • үй noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Khmer

1 entries
  • អាគារ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Korean

3 entries
  • 건물 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • 건설 noun (act or process of building)
  • 빌딩 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Kyrgyz

4 entries
  • жасоо noun (act or process of building)
  • имарат noun (act or process of building)
  • имарат noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • конструкция noun (act or process of building)

Lao

2 entries
  • ການກໍ່ສ້າງ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ຕຶກ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Latgalian

4 entries
  • budaveiba noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • budavuot noun (act or process of building)
  • kuorms noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • stateit noun (act or process of building)

Latin

2 entries
  • aedificium noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • cōnstrūctiō noun (act or process of building)

Latvian

4 entries
  • būve noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • būvēšana noun (act or process of building)
  • celtne noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • celšana noun (act or process of building)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • pastatas noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • statinys noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • statyba noun (act or process of building)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • twarjenje noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Gebai noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • градење noun (act or process of building)
  • дом noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • зграда noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • здание noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Malay

3 entries
  • bangunan noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • pembangunan noun (act or process of building)
  • pembinaan noun (act or process of building)

Maltese

1 entries
  • binja noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Middle English

2 entries
  • byldynge noun (act or process of building)
  • byldynge noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • барилга noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • барьсан зүйл noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Māori

1 entries
  • whare noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Nepali

1 entries
  • भवन noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Norman

1 entries
  • înmeubl'ye noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries
  • avahî noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • avakirin noun (act or process of building)
  • bîna noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • bînasazî noun (act or process of building)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bygning noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • konstruksjon noun (act or process of building)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • bygning noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Occitan

1 entries
  • edifici noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Old English

4 entries
  • botl noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • bytling noun (act or process of building)
  • timbring noun (act or process of building)
  • timbring noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gamoo noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • кӕнд noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • عمارت noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • یاپی noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Pannonian Rusyn

4 entries
  • будинок noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • будова noun (act or process of building)
  • будова noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • будованє noun (act or process of building)

Pashto

4 entries
  • بنا noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • جوړول noun (act or process of building)
  • عمارت noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ماڼۍ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Phoenician

2 entries
  • 𐤌𐤁𐤍𐤕 noun (act or process of building)
  • 𐤌𐤒𐤌 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Bu noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Polish

4 entries
  • budowa noun (act or process of building)
  • budowanie noun (act or process of building)
  • budowla noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • budynek noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • construção noun (act or process of building)
  • edificação noun (act or process of building)
  • edifício noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • prédio noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Punic

2 entries
  • 𐤁𐤍 noun (act or process of building)
  • 𐤌𐤒𐤌 noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਇਮਾਰਤ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Romanian

4 entries
  • clădire noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • construcție noun (act or process of building)
  • construcție noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • construire noun (act or process of building)

Romansch

2 entries
  • edifizi noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • stabiliment noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Russian

4 entries
  • дом noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • зда́ние noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • постро́йка noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • стро́йка noun (act or process of building)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • निर्माण noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • भवन noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Scots

2 entries
  • biggin noun (act or process of building)
  • biggin noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • togail noun (act or process of building)
  • togalach noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dȍm noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • grádnja noun (act or process of building)
  • izgrádnja noun (act or process of building)
  • kȕća noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Slovak

3 entries
  • budova noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • dom noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • stavba noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Slovene

4 entries
  • gradnja noun (act or process of building)
  • hiša noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • stavba noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • zgradba noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cimentación noun (act or process of building)
  • construcción noun (act or process of building)
  • construcción noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • edificación noun (act or process of building)

Swahili

2 entries
  • jenga noun (act or process of building)
  • jengo noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Swedish

4 entries
  • byggande noun (act or process of building)
  • bygge noun (act or process of building)
  • bygge noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • byggnad noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • edipisyo noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • gusali noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • paggawa noun (act or process of building)
  • pagtayo noun (act or process of building)

Tajik

3 entries
  • бино noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • иморат noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • сохтмон noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கட்டிடம் noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Telugu

3 entries
  • కట్టడము noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • కట్టుబడి noun (act or process of building)
  • భవంతి noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Thai

4 entries
  • การสร้าง noun (act or process of building)
  • ตึก noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • หอ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • อาคาร noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཁང་པ noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • haus noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bina noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • inşa noun (act or process of building)
  • inşaat noun (act or process of building)
  • yapı noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • bina noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • ymarat noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • буди́нок noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • будо́ва noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • будівля noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • будівни́цтво noun (act or process of building)

Urdu

3 entries
  • بھَوَن noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • تَعْمِیر noun (act or process of building)
  • عِمارَت noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بىنا noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • bino noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • imorat noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • qirilish noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • toà nhà noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Volapük

4 entries
  • bum noun (act or process of building)
  • bumam noun (act or process of building)
  • bumot noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • bumotem noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Welsh

3 entries
  • adail noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • adeilad noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • adeiladu noun (act or process of building)

Western Apache

1 entries
  • kįh noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • בנין noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)
  • געבײַדע noun (closed structure with walls and a roof)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What you are saying is nothing but building a castle in the air.

Source: tatoeba (17201)

The bank holds a mortgage on his building.

Source: tatoeba (18419)

Bids were solicited for the building of the bridge.

Source: tatoeba (18991)

You can't enter the building without a permit.

Source: tatoeba (19379)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.