Ned held the flag erect.
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Erect
//ɪˈɹɛkt//
Synonyms for "erect" (231 found)
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Closest matches (47)
Strong matches (69)
fairfashionfastigiateforgeformformulatefoundframefudge togetherfull of integrityget upglorifygoodhaltingheaveheftheightenheisthighhigh principled
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high-mindedhigh-principledhighly respectablehikehoickhoisthold uphonesthonorhonorablehouse-proudimmaculateindependentinditeinstituteinviolateirreproachablejerk upjustknock uplaw abidinglaw-abidinglaw-lovinglaw-reveringlevitateliftlift upliftedlobloftloftymagnifymakemake upmanlymanufacturematuremoldmoralmouldmouldermouldynobleon stiltsorganizeorthostaticpassantpatch together
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (115)
perk upperpendicularpiece togetherpitchplumbpraiseprefabricatepreparepridefulprincipledproduceproudproud as luciferproud-bloodedproud-lookingproud-mindedproud-spiritedproudfulproudheartedpure
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purse-proudput togetherput upraise aloftraise upraisedrampantrear aloftrear upremovereputablerespectablerightright mindedright-mindedrighteousriserun upself-confidentself-esteemingself-reliantself-respectingself-sufficientsemi climbingsemi erectsemi uprightset upshapeskyspotlessstainlessstand upstand uprightstand-upstanding upstatantsterlingstick upstiff neckedstiff-neckedstiltedstraightstraight-upsublimethrow uptrue-dealingtrue-devotedtrue-disposingtrue-souledtrue-spiritedtrueheartedtumidunbentunblemisheduncorruptuncorruptedundefiledunimpeachableunspottedunstainedunsullieduntarnishedupupbuoyupcastupendupendedupflungupheaveuphoistupholdupliftupliftedupraiseupraiseduprearupreareduprighteousupstandingupthrowupthrownverticalvirtuouswhomp upworthywriteyeomanly
Adjective(1 words)
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
has context
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
109 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ὀρθόω verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- ὀρθόω verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- ucaltmaq verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Bengali
2 entries- খাড়া adj (vertical in position)
- খাড়া adj (standing out perpendicularly)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вертика́лен adj (vertical in position)
- изправен adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- прав adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- издигам verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Catalan
2 entries- erecte adj (vertical in position)
- erecte adj (standing out perpendicularly)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- قیت adj (standing out perpendicularly)
Czech
1 entries- vztyčit verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Esperanto
3 entries- rekta adj (vertical in position)
- fondi verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- starigi verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Finnish
4 entries- kova adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- kova adj (having an erect penis)
- pysty adj (vertical in position)
- pystyasennossa adj (vertical in position)
French
4 entries- dressé adj (vertical in position)
- dressé adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- en érection adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- en érection adj (having an erect penis)
Galician
1 entries- teso adj (standing out perpendicularly)
Georgian
4 entries- ამდგარი adj (having an erect penis)
- ერეგირებული adj (having an erect penis)
- აუდგება verb (to enter a state of physiological erection)
- გაუმაგრდება verb (to enter a state of physiological erection)
German
1 entries- erigiert adj (standing out perpendicularly)
Irish
4 entries- ardcheannach adj (vertical in position)
- cuir suas verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- cuir suas verb (to raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position)
- fadaigh verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Italian
4 entries- dritto adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- duro adj (vertical in position)
- eretto adj (vertical in position)
- eretto adj (standing out perpendicularly)
Kapampangan
1 entries- talakad verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Latin
3 entries- ērectus adj (vertical in position)
- erigo verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- erigo verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Macedonian
4 entries- исправен adj (vertical in position)
- подигнат adj (vertical in position)
- простум adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- крева verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Māori
4 entries- takotako adj (vertical in position)
- tora adj (vertical in position)
- whaihanga verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- whakatū verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Norwegian
3 entries- erigere verb (to cause to stand up or out)
- reise verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- reise verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Old English
1 entries- āhebban verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- steil adj (vertical in position)
Polish
1 entries- wznieść verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Portuguese
4 entries- ereto adj (vertical in position)
- ereto adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- ereto adj (having an erect penis)
- erguer verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
Russian
4 entries- вертика́льно поднятый adj (vertical in position)
- вертикальный adj (vertical in position)
- ощетинившийся adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- прямо́й adj (vertical in position)
Sanskrit
1 entries- ऊर्ध्व adj (vertical in position)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- tog verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- tog verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Spanish
4 entries- empalmado adj (having an erect penis)
- enhiesto adj (standing out perpendicularly)
- erecto adj (vertical in position)
- erecto adj (having an erect penis)
Swedish
4 entries- rest adj (vertical in position)
- upprätt adj (vertical in position)
- resa verb (to put up by the fitting together of materials or parts)
- resa verb (to cause to stand up or out)
Sample sentences
32 total sentences available.
He held the flag erect.
Source: tatoeba (295075)
Nobody intends to erect a wall.
Source: tatoeba (790026)
Mary's nipples became erect.
Source: tatoeba (1486382)
Showing 4 of 32 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.