Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "building" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

office rooms town urban area

Capable Of

cast shadow face north fall down target weather storm

Created By

architect builders tradesmen

Derived Terms

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 building permit building site building society building trade building worker buildingful buildingless buildinglike buildingwide burn building carriagebuilding castlebuilding coachbuilding condo building deckbuilding duck building empire-building forebuilding go jump off a building green building has left the building homebuilding housebuilding institution-building interbuilding intrabuilding jerry-building legislative building link building main building megabuilding model building modelbuilding modular building moundbuilding mountain building multibuilding nation-building nestbuilding newbuilding nonbuilding office building omnibuilding organbuilding outbuilding peacebuilding pole building red building paper roadbuilding ship-building shipbuilding sick building stakebuilding sunken featured building team building teambuilding tight building syndrome toolbuilding wagonbuilding white-glove building wordbuilding worldbuilding

Derived From

build

Etymologically Related To

build

Inflected/Variant Forms

build

Has Part

foundation no cells

Prerequisites

building materials work

Has Property

dark man made

Part Of (Holonyms)

apartment complex city hamlet settlement town village

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

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

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

apartment block apartment building basilica block of flats blockhouse carriage house cathedral church citadel city hall condominium dormitory factory garage granary hospital house library maisonette mill monastery mosque museum palace paper mill parking garage plant prisonhouse pueblo row house sawmill schoolhouse silo skyscraper synagogue temple theater tomb tower block town hall townhouse villa windmill

Type Of (IsA)

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

Parts (Meronyms)

apartment attic corridor door passage passageway roof room storey wall window

Not Desires

anything

Receives Action

built by builders built with bricks divided into floors

Related Terms

:Category:Buildings List of building types on Wikipedia.Wikipedia List of house types on Wikipedia.Wikipedia abode

Related Terms

brick brick construction build cities city constructing construction doors doors windows dwelling floor generic house human human construction is structure office office skyscraper offices roof rooms scrapers shelter sky sky scrapers skyscraper structure tall tall structure wall walls windows

Synonym Network

assembling construction edifice erection

Used For

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

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