Definitions

erection

[ih-rek-shuhn] / ɪˈrɛk ʃən /

NOUN

assembly

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment attachment building collection construction fabrication joining manufacture manufacturing modeling molding shaping welding

WEAK

connecting fitting together piecing together setting up

NOUN

building

Synonyms

STRONGEST

architecture construction home house hut

STRONG

domicile edifice fabric framework pile superstructure ziggurat

NOUN

construction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

development manufacture plan planning structure system

STRONG

architecture arrangement assembly build cast composition conception constitution contour cut disposition edifice elevation erecting fabric fabrication figuration figure form format formation foundation improvisation invention makeup making mold origination outline prefab prefabrication raising rearing shape systematization turn type

WEAK

fabricating putting up roadwork

Antonyms

STRONG

disarrangement truth

WEAK

destruction disfigurement disorganization ruin ruins

NOUN

edifice

Synonyms

STRONGEST

monument skyscraper

STRONG

building construction habitation house pile towers

WEAK

rockpile

NOUN

fabrication

Synonyms

STRONG

assemblage assembly building construction creation product production

Antonyms

STRONG

destruction ruin

NOUN

manufacture/manufacturing

Synonyms

WEAK

accomplishment assembling assembly casting completion composing composition construction creation doing fabrication finishing forging formation making mass-production preparing produce tooling

NOUN

manufacturing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

construction manufacture

STRONG

accomplishment assembling assembly casting completion composing composition creation doing fabrication finishing forging formation making preparing produce tooling

WEAK

mass-production

NOUN

monument

Synonyms

STRONGEST

gravestone headstone marker masterpiece mausoleum pillar shrine slab statue stele stone tablet testament tomb tombstone tribute

STRONG

cairn cenotaph column commemoration ledger memento monolith obelisk pile record reminder token tower witness

WEAK

footstone magnum opus

NOUN

structure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

construction edifice house

STRONG

cage fabric pile skyscraper

WEAK

pile of bricks rockpile

Example Sentences

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Not just with the erection of the fence in Hungary but, among several examples, the deployment of riot police in Croatia, and migrants being detained in Slovenia.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

Dr. Sarah Furness, the Lord-Lieutenant of Rutland, commissioned the statue's erection after the queen's death.

From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024

The erection of several wind turbines is viewed by the Golan villagers as an encroachment.

From Reuters • Jun. 21, 2023

The rest of the neighborhood was equally supportive, many enthusiastically underwriting restoration of the columns and erection of the colonnade.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

The erection of Sing Sing offered a spectacle of total control.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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