Building

//ˈbɪl.dɪŋ//

Synonyms for "building" (142 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

Related word relations

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21 relation types

More general

7 entries

business business enterprise commercial enterprise construction creating from raw materials people structure

More specific

43 entries

apartment block apartment building basilica block of flats blockhouse carriage house cathedral church citadel city hall condominium dormitory factory garage granary hospital

Showing 16 of 43 words.

Synonyms

4 entries

assembling construction edifice erection

Related terms

4 entries

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at location

4 entries

office rooms town urban area

capable of

5 entries

cast shadow face north fall down target weather storm

created by

3 entries

architect builders tradesmen

derived

78 entries

Elvis has left the building New Buildings abuilding apartment building bldg.boatbuilding bodybuilding break-building bridgebuilding buildering building and pest building block building code building envelope building material building paper

Showing 16 of 78 words.

derived from

1 entries

build

etymologically related_to

1 entries

build

form of

1 entries

build

has a

2 entries

foundation no cells

has prerequisite

2 entries

building materials work

has property

2 entries

dark man made

holonym

6 entries

apartment complex city hamlet settlement town village

is a

16 entries

architecture artificial structure becoming bigger than person condominium constructed structure creation fixed freestanding structure form of creation gathering real estate shelter intended for humans structure supervising where people might live where sex happens

meronym

11 entries

apartment attic corridor door passage passageway roof room storey wall window

not desires

1 entries

anything

receives action

3 entries

built by builders built with bricks divided into floors

related to

32 entries

brick brick construction build cities city constructing construction doors doors windows dwelling floor generic house human human construction is structure

Showing 16 of 32 words.

used for

16 entries

house business housing housing people or items inhabitants live in office space protect posessions protecting things protecting valuable resources providing shelter providing specialized environment providing workplace for office workers securing valuables shelter shelter from elements storing things

Translations

356 translations across 117 languages.

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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Building

Synonyms for "building" (142 found)

Closest matches (29)

Strong matches (42)

Related words (71)

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Synonyms

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at location

capable of

created by

derived

derived from

etymologically related_to

form of

has a

has prerequisite

has property

holonym

is a

meronym

not desires

receives action

related to

used for

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Baluchi

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Carpathian Rusyn

Catalan

Central Kurdish

Cherokee

Chickasaw

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Choctaw

Crimean Tatar

Czech

Danish

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Greenlandic

Gujarati

Haitian Creole

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

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