Construction

//kənˈstɹʌkʃən//

Synonyms for "construction" (169 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (51)

Related words (84)

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11 relation types

More general

18 entries

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

2 entries

at location

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

causes desire

1 entries

derived

42 entries

Showing 16 of 42 words.

derived from

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

7 entries

related to

50 entries

Showing 16 of 50 words.

Translations

263 translations across 73 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • konstruksion noun (process of constructing)

Arabic

4 entries
  • إِنْشَاء noun (process of constructing)
  • بِنَاء noun (process of constructing)
  • بِنَاء noun (structure)
  • تَشْيِيد noun (process of constructing)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կառուցում noun (process of constructing)
  • շինարարություն noun (process of constructing)
  • շինարարություն noun (trade of building)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • bina noun (structure)
  • inşaat noun (process of constructing)
  • inşaatçılıq noun (trade of building)
  • tikili noun (structure)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • төҙөлөш noun (process of constructing)
  • төҙөлөш noun (trade of building)
  • төҙөү noun (process of constructing)
  • ҡоролма noun (anything constructed)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • будава́нне noun (process of constructing)
  • будава́ньне noun (process of constructing)
  • будаўні́цтва noun (process of constructing)

Bengali

1 entries
  • নির্মাণ noun (process of constructing)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • констру́кция noun (artistic composition)
  • постро́йка noun (anything constructed)
  • постро́йка noun (structure)
  • построе́ние noun (geometric construction)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆောက်လုပ်ရေး noun (process of constructing)

Catalan

3 entries
  • construcció noun (process of constructing)
  • construcció noun (trade of building)
  • construcció noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 建築 /建筑 noun (process of constructing)
  • 建築 /建筑 noun (structure)
  • 建設 /建设 noun (process of constructing)
  • 構式 /构式 noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)

Czech

4 entries
  • konstrukce noun (structure)
  • konstrukce noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)
  • stavba noun (process of constructing)
  • stavebnictví noun (trade of building)

Danish

2 entries
  • byggeri noun (process of constructing)
  • konstruktion noun (process of constructing)

Dutch

2 entries
  • aanbouw noun (process of constructing)
  • bouw noun (process of constructing)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • konstruado noun (process of constructing)
  • konstruaĵo noun (structure)
  • konstruo noun (process of constructing)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ehitamine noun (process of constructing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • konstruktio noun (artistic composition)
  • konstruktio noun (geometric construction)
  • rakenne noun (structure)
  • rakenne noun (manner in which something is built)

French

1 entries
  • construction noun (process of constructing)

Galician

4 entries
  • construción noun (process of constructing)
  • construción noun (anything constructed)
  • construción noun (trade of building)
  • construción noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)

Georgian

4 entries
  • კონსტრუქცია noun (artistic composition)
  • მშენებლობა noun (process of constructing)
  • მშენებლობა noun (trade of building)
  • შენობა noun (structure)

German

4 entries
  • Aufbau noun (manner in which something is built)
  • Auslegung noun (act or result of construing the meaning of something)
  • Bau noun (process of constructing)
  • Bau noun (trade of building)

Greek

4 entries
  • κατασκευή noun (process of constructing)
  • κατασκευή noun (anything constructed)
  • κατασκευή noun (manner in which something is built)
  • οικοδομική noun (trade of building)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • બાંધકામ noun (process of constructing)
  • બાંધકામ noun (trade of building)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • בְּנִיָּה noun (process of constructing)
  • בִּנְיָן noun (trade of building)
  • בנייה noun (process of constructing)
  • בניין noun (trade of building)

Hindi

2 entries
  • इमारत noun (structure)
  • निर्माण noun (process of constructing)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • felépítmény noun (anything constructed)
  • konstrukció noun (structure)
  • szerkesztés noun (geometric construction)
  • szerkezet noun (structure)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • bygging noun (process of constructing)
  • uppbygging noun (process of constructing)

Ido

1 entries
  • konstruktado noun (process of constructing)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • konstruksi noun (process of constructing)
  • pembangunan noun (process of constructing)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • ساخْت و ساز noun (process of constructing)
  • ساخْتوَساز noun (process of constructing)

Irish

3 entries
  • déantús noun (anything constructed)
  • déantús noun (structure)
  • struchtúr noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)

Italian

2 entries
  • costruzione noun (process of constructing)
  • costruzione noun (anything constructed)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ビル noun (structure)
  • 幾何画法 noun (geometric construction)
  • 建物 noun (structure)
  • 建築業界 noun (trade of building)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • óbra noun (trade of building)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • құрылыс noun (process of constructing)

Khmer

1 entries
  • សំណង់ noun (process of constructing)

Korean

1 entries
  • 건설 noun (process of constructing)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • курулуш noun (process of constructing)

Lao

3 entries
  • ການກໍ່ສ້າງ noun (process of constructing)
  • ການກໍ່ສ້າງ noun (anything constructed)
  • ຊາງລໍ noun (process of constructing)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • budaveiba noun (structure)
  • stateiba noun (structure)

Latvian

3 entries
  • būve noun (structure)
  • būvniecība noun (process of constructing)
  • celtniecība noun (process of constructing)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • statyba noun (process of constructing)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • изградба noun (process of constructing)

Malay

1 entries
  • pembinaan noun (process of constructing)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • байгууламж noun (process of constructing)
  • барилга noun (process of constructing)
  • барилга noun (trade of building)
  • хам бүтэц noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • avakirin noun (process of constructing)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • konstruksjon noun (process of constructing)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • konstruksjon noun (process of constructing)

Occitan

1 entries
  • construccion noun (process of constructing)

Oromo

1 entries
  • ijaarsa noun (process of constructing)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • ربط noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)
  • یاپی noun (anything constructed)
  • یاپی noun (structure)

Polish

4 entries
  • budowa noun (process of constructing)
  • budowla noun (anything constructed)
  • budowla noun (structure)
  • budynek noun (anything constructed)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • construção noun (process of constructing)
  • construção noun (anything constructed)
  • construção noun (trade of building)
  • construção noun (structure)

Romanian

4 entries
  • clădire noun (process of constructing)
  • clădire noun (trade of building)
  • construcție noun (anything constructed)
  • construcție noun (geometric construction)

Russian

4 entries
  • зда́ние noun (anything constructed)
  • констру́кция noun (process of constructing)
  • констру́кция noun (structure)
  • констру́кция noun (structure)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • togail noun (process of constructing)
  • togail noun (structure)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • građevinárstvo noun (trade of building)
  • grádnja noun (process of constructing)
  • konstrùkcija noun (process of constructing)
  • konstrùkcija noun (structure)

Slovak

1 entries
  • stavba noun (process of constructing)

Slovene

2 entries
  • gradnja noun (process of constructing)
  • konstruiranje noun (process of constructing)

Spanish

4 entries
  • cimentación noun (process of constructing)
  • construcción noun (process of constructing)
  • construcción noun (grammar: group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase)
  • edificación noun (process of constructing)

Swedish

2 entries
  • byggnadsverksamhet noun (process of constructing)
  • konstruktion noun (process of constructing)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • konstruksyon noun (process of constructing)
  • sayari noun (process of constructing)
  • sayari noun (trade of building)
  • sinayari noun (anything constructed)

Tajik

2 entries
  • сохтан noun (process of constructing)
  • сохтмон noun (process of constructing)

Tatar

1 entries
  • төзелеш noun (process of constructing)

Thai

1 entries
  • การก่อสร้าง noun (process of constructing)

Turkish

4 entries
  • inşa noun (process of constructing)
  • inşaat noun (process of constructing)
  • konstrüksiyon noun (process of constructing)
  • konstrüksiyon noun (structure)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • gurluşyk noun (process of constructing)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • будо́ва noun (process of constructing)
  • будо́ва noun (anything constructed)
  • будо́ва noun (manner in which something is built)
  • будування noun (process of constructing)

Urdu

2 entries
  • تَعْمِیر noun (process of constructing)
  • عِمارَت noun (structure)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قۇرۇلۇش noun (process of constructing)

Uzbek

3 entries
  • bino qurish noun (process of constructing)
  • qurilish noun (process of constructing)
  • qurish noun (process of constructing)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • sự xây dựng noun (process of constructing)
  • xây dựng noun (process of constructing)

Welsh

4 entries
  • adeilad noun (anything constructed)
  • adeilad noun (structure)
  • adeiladaeth noun (structure)
  • adeiladu noun (process of constructing)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs.

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Our new school building is under construction.

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The rightmost lane is now under construction.

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Mark was a work horse on his construction crew.

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