construction - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem

Synonyms

• construction

More generic

• mathematical operation
• mathematical process
• operation

More specific

• quadrature

Noun

the act of constructing something

Synonyms

• building
• construction

More generic

• creating from raw materials

More specific

• assembly
• bricolage
• crenelation
• crenellation
• dry walling
• erecting
• erection
• fabrication
• grading
• house-raising
• leveling
• road construction
• rustication
• ship building
• shipbuilding

Noun

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

Synonyms

• building
• construction

More generic

• business
• business enterprise
• commercial enterprise

More specific

• jerry-building

Related

• house painting
• masonry
• painting
• plumbery
• plumbing
• roofing
• sheet-metal work
• shingling

Noun

a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts

Synonyms

• construction
• structure

More generic

• artefact
• artifact

More specific

• airdock
• altar
• arcade
• arch
• area
• arena
• balance
• balcony
• bascule
• boarding
• body
• bowl
• bridge
• building
• building complex
• card-house
• cardcastle
• cardhouse
• catchment
• coil
• colonnade
• column
• complex
• corner
• counterbalance
• cross
• deathtrap
• defence
• defense
• defensive structure
• divider
• door
• edifice
• entablature
• equilibrium
• equipoise
• erection
• establishment
• false bottom
• floor
• fountain
• guide
• hangar
• helix
• hill
• honeycomb
• house of cards
• housing
• hull
• impediment
• impedimenta
• jungle gym
• lamination
• landing
• landing place
• level
• living accommodations
• lodging
• lookout
• lookout station
• masonry
• memorial
• monument
• mound
• observation tower
• observatory
• obstructer
• obstruction
• obstructor
• offset
• partition
• pillar
• platform
• porch
• post and lintel
• prefab
• projection
• public works
• quoin
• repair shed
• sail
• set-back
• setoff
• shelter
• shipway
• shoebox
• sign
• signboard
• slipway
• span
• spiral
• sports stadium
• stadium
• storey
• story
• superstructure
• supporting structure
• tower
• transept
• trestlework
• vaulting
• volute
• ways
• weapons platform
• wellhead
• whorl
• wind tunnel

Related

• base
• foot
• foundation
• fundament
• groundwork
• plate
• structural member
• substructure
• understructure

Noun

the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought

Synonyms

• construction
• mental synthesis

More generic

• cerebration
• intellection
• mentation
• thinking
• thought
• thought process

More specific

• crystallization
• gestation

Noun

a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit

Synonyms

• construction
• expression
• grammatical construction

More generic

• constituent
• grammatical constituent

Opposite / Antonyms

• misconstruction

More specific

• adjunct
• clause
• complement
• involution
• phrase
• predicator

Noun

an interpretation of a text or action

Synonyms

• construction
• twist

More generic

• interpretation

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