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| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical structure, form |
| Synonyms: | body, conformation, constitution, figure, frame, habit, physique, shape, habitus |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | mind |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | construct structure |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, make, manufacture, model, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, synthesize, throw up*, fit together, jerry-build, knock together, prefabricate, superstruct, throw together |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, dismantle, raze, ruin, take down, knock down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate, found |
| Synonyms: | base, begin, constitute, establish, formulate, inaugurate, institute, originate, set up, start |
| Antonyms: | destroy, overthrow, overturn, ruin |
| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase, accelerate |
| Synonyms: | aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, compound, develop, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, heighten, improve, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, strengthen, swell, wax |
| Antonyms: | decelerate, decrease, destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | anatomy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical structure of animals, plants |
| Synonyms: | build, composition, figure, form, frame, framework, makeup, physique, shape |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up*, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, piggyback, tag on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | benefit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help, enhance |
| Synonyms: | advance, advantage, aid, ameliorate, assist, avail, better, build, favor, further, improve, pay, profit, promote, relieve, serve, succor, be good for, contribute to, do for one, do the trick, fill the bill, make a killing, make it, pay off*, work for |
| Antonyms: | handicap, harm, hinder, hurt, injure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | body |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physique |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, build, carcass, chassis, constitution, embodiment, figure, form, frame, makeup, shaft, shape, tenement, trunk, bag of bones, beefcake, bod, boody, mortal part, protoplasm, torso |
| Antonyms: | mind, soul, spirit |
| Main Entry: | calculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan on |
| Synonyms: | aim, anticipate, assume, bank on, build, count on, design, intend, judge, plan, reckon, suppose, trust, depend on, rely on, think likely |
| Main Entry: | commend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recommend, praise |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, accredit, advocate, applaud, approve, boost, build, build up, compliment, countenance, endorse, eulogize, extol, hail, laud, pat on the back, sanction, stroke, support, give a posy, gold star, hand it to, hats off to, hear it for, kudize, puff up, speak highly of |
| Antonyms: | censure, criticize, disapprove, rebuke, reprimand |
| Main Entry: | compose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be part of construction |
| Synonyms: | build, compound, comprise, consist of, constitute, construct, fashion, form, go into, make, make up, be an adjunct, be an element of, be made of, belong to, enter in, merge in |
| Antonyms: | destroy, disarrange, disperse, ruin, scatter |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical shape, fitness |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, build, constitution, fettle, form, health, mint, order, phase, repair, state, status, tone, trim, kilter |
| Main Entry: | conformation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape |
| Synonyms: | anatomy, arrangement, build, cast, configuration, figure, form, formation, frame, framework, outline, structure, symmetry, type |
| Main Entry: | constitution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical make-up and health |
| Synonyms: | architecture, build, character, composition, construction, content, contents, design, disposition, essence, form, formation, frame, habit, nature, physique, structure, temper, temperament, type, vitality, habitus |
| Main Entry: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, building |
| Synonyms: | architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, fabric, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, shape, structure, system, turn, type, erecting, erection, fabricating, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, systematization |
| Antonyms: | destruction, disorganization, ruin, ruins, disfigurement |
| Main Entry: | create |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | develop in mind or physically |
| Synonyms: | actualize, author, beget, bring to pass, build, coin, compose, conceive, concoct, constitute, construct, contrive, design, devise, discover, dream up, effect, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, generate, hatch, imagine, initiate, institute, invent, invest, make, occasion, organize, originate, parent, perform, plan, procreate, produce, rear, set up, shape, sire, spawn, start, bring into being, bring into existence, cause to be, give birth to, give life to |
| Antonyms: | destroy, ruin |
| Main Entry: | enlarge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or grow bigger; increase |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, beef up*, blow up*, boost, broaden, build, bulk, develop, diffuse, dilate, distend, elaborate, elongate, embroider, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, grow, heighten, inflate, lengthen, magnify, mount, multiply, pad*, pyramid*, rise, spread, stretch, swell, upsurge, wax, widen, give details, grow larger, jack up, jazz up, make larger, slap on, snowball |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, curtail, decrease, diminish, lessen, lower, reduce, shrink |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enrich |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | improve, embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, aggrandize, ameliorate, augment, beef up*, better, build, build up, cultivate, decorate, develop, endow, enhance, figure in, grace, ornament, pad, parlay, pyramid*, refine, spike*, step up, supplement, sweeten*, up*, upgrade, flesh out, hike up, hop up, jack up, jazz up, make rich, pour it on, run up*, soup up |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deplete, impoverish, reduce, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, root, secure, settle, stabilize, start, station, stick, domiciliate, lay foundation, ring in, rivet, set down, start ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | destroy, invalidate, ruin, unsettle, disestablish |
| Main Entry: | fabricate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manufacture |
| Synonyms: | assemble, brainstorm, build, compose, concoct, construct, contrive, cook up*, create, devise, dream up, erect, fashion, form, formulate, frame, head trip, invent, join, make, make up, mix, organize, produce, put together, shape, structure, throw up*, turn out, whip up*, cobble up, fit together, knock together, piece together, prefab, think up, throw together, whomp up |
| Antonyms: | break, demolish, destroy, ruin, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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