constructs

VERB

assemble, build

Synonyms

STRONGEST

build up compose create design erect establish fashion forge form formulate found manufacture organize produce put up set up shape

STRONG

compound constitute elevate engineer envision fabricate frame imagine invent make prefab raise rear

WEAK

cobble up cook up dream up fudge together hammer out hoke up put out put together throw together throw up trump up uprear whip up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destroy disarrange disorder disorganize end neglect ruin

STRONG

abandon decrease demolish demote deny depress drop lessen lower raze refuse stop tell truth

WEAK

annihilate break dismantle

Example Sentences

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Heifetz is grounded in her decision by a central tenet of Earthseed, the fictional religion Butler constructs in “Parable of the Sower.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

"What you see them do is navigate a world with the constructs of capitalism," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

People will spend a solid chunk of their lives in hyper-personalized, persistent imaginary constructs, like long-running soap operas or television series.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Roan’s lipstick gone “awry” on her teeth brings a camp sensibility to both mock and celebrate feminine performance that resists traditional heteronormative constructs.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

They are simply mathematical constructs that make the mathematical operations in string theory work in the manner that they have to.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife