Definition for Construction:

• Act, mode, of constructing; thing constructed; syntactical connexion between words; construing, explanation, ( of words); interpretation( of conduct &c.), as put a good, bad, c. upon his refusal. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Construction:

• n.

  •
  • collocation,
  • collocate,
  • foundation,
  • elevation,
  • improvisation,
  • installation,
  • planning,
  • declension,
  • agree with.
  •
  • cast,
  • conformation,
  • format,
  • plan,
  • type,
  • develop,
  • mold,
  • outline,
  • contour,
  • assemblage,
  • prefab,
  • system,
  • systematization,
  • lay,
  • build,
  • configuration,
  • disposition.
  •
  • facility,
  • explain.
  •
  • cause and effect.
  •
  • denotation,
  • connotation,
  • significance,
  • sense,
  • substance,
  • thrust,
  • usage,
  • meaning,
  • subtext.
  •act (noun)
  • construction.
  •architecture (noun)
  • architectonicses,
  • make ups.
  •assembly (noun)
  • joinings,
  • weldings,
  • piecing togethers,
  • setting ups,
  • connectings,
  • modelings,
  • fitting togethers.
  •building (noun)
  • super structure,
  • super-structure,
  • super structures,
  • super-structures.
  •coherence (noun)
  • in separabilities,
  • in-separableness,
  • in separablenesses,
  • in separability,
  • in-separabilities,
  • in-separability,
  • stickages,
  • in separableness,
  • clingings,
  • inseparabilities,
  • inseparablenesses,
  • intelligibilities,
  • comprehensibilities,
  • in-separablenesses.
  •composition (noun)
  • inclusion,
  • embodiment,
  • compilation,
  • combination,
  • invention.
  •constitution (noun)
  • dis position,
  • dis-position,
  • dis positions,
  • dis-positions.
  •construction (noun)
  • expression,
  • mental synthesis,
  • grammatical construction,
  • twist.
  •creation (noun)
  • conception,
  • origination,
  • establishment.
  •creation, building (noun)
  • development,
  • erecting,
  • making,
  • rearing,
  • putting up,
  • figuration,
  • prefabrication,
  • raising,
  • fabric,
  • arrangement,
  • turn,
  • Fabricating,
  • roadwork,
  • manufacture,
  • composition,
  • edifice,
  • figure.
  •design (noun)
  • de sign,
  • de-lineations,
  • out line,
  • paste ups,
  • out lines,
  • de-sign,
  • de lineations,
  • paste-ups,
  • de signs,
  • de-lineation,
  • out-lines,
  • de lineation,
  • pasteups,
  • de-signs,
  • out-line.
  •device (noun)
  • out-fit,
  • re sources,
  • re-source,
  • re sort,
  • re-sources,
  • re-sort,
  • out fits,
  • whatsits,
  • out-fits,
  • re source,
  • whatchamacallits,
  • out fit,
  • re sorts,
  • re-sorts,
  • rube goldberg inventions.
  •edifice (noun)
  • rockpiles.
  •engineering (noun)
  • authorizings,
  • arrangings,
  • implementings,
  • systematizings.
  •explanation (noun)
  • apprehension,
  • inference,
  • definition,
  • rendering.
  •expose (noun)
  • ex planations,
  • uncoverings,
  • ex-pose,
  • ex planation,
  • divulgences,
  • ex-plication,
  • ex plication,
  • exposals,
  • ex-planations,
  • un-covering,
  • re-velations,
  • un covering,
  • re velation,
  • un-coverings,
  • re velations,
  • ex pose,
  • ex plications,
  • re-velation,
  • ex-plications,
  • un coverings.
  •exposition (noun)
  • de-tails,
  • ex position,
  • ex pounding,
  • de tails,
  • construals,
  • dis-courses,
  • dis course,
  • ex-position,
  • dis-course,
  • re-views,
  • re view,
  • re views,
  • ex-positions,
  • tractates,
  • ex-pounding,
  • dis courses,
  • ex positions,
  • expoundings,
  • enucleations,
  • re-view.
  •fabric (noun)
  • infrastructure,
  • fabrics,
  • texture,
  • infra-structure.
  •fabrication (noun)
  • pro duct,
  • pro-duct,
  • pro ducts,
  • pro-ducts.
  •fact (noun)
  • in-formation,
  • trans actions,
  • trans-actions,
  • trans action,
  • in formations,
  • in-formations,
  • trans-action.
  •formation (noun)
  • de posit,
  • de-posit,
  • de posits,
  • de-posits.
  •housing (noun)
  • lodgments,
  • shelterings,
  • quarterages,
  • stopping places.
  •organization (noun)
  • organizings,
  • co-ordinations,
  • co ordinations,
  • co ordination,
  • structurings.
  •preparation (noun)
  • drafting,
  • fostering,
  • equipment,
  • mobilization.
  •production (noun)
  • creation,
  • generation,
  • execution.
  •reading (noun)
  • book learnings,
  • booklearnings,
  • book-learnings,
  • ex aminations,
  • ex amination,
  • para phrase,
  • para-phrases,
  • ex-aminations,
  • para-phrase,
  • booklearning,
  • para phrases.
  •rendition (noun)
  • de liveries,
  • de-liveries,
  • de livery,
  • de-livery.
  •shape (noun)
  • meta-morphosis,
  • meta-morphoses,
  • meta morphosis,
  • meta morphoses,
  • lineations.
  •structure (noun)
  • anatomy,
  • skeleton,
  • framework.
  •synthesis (noun)
  • building whole,
  • constructings,
  • making ones,
  • coalescences,
  • building a wholes,
  • building wholes,
  • integratings.
  •translation (noun)
  • de-coding,
  • de-codings,
  • re statements,
  • meta phrase,
  • re-phrasing,
  • metaphrases,
  • re statement,
  • meta-phrase,
  • meta-phrases,
  • de coding,
  • rephrasings,
  • de codings,
  • re phrasings,
  • re-phrasings,
  • re-statements,
  • meta phrases,
  • re-statement,
  • re phrasing.
  •version (noun)
  • redactions,
  • re-wordings,
  • re wordings,
  • re wording,
  • re-wording.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • comparison,
  • surface structure,
  • ellipsis,
  • cohesion,
  • causality,
  • decipherment,
  • complementation,
  • fortification,
  • conjugate,
  • infill,
  • structural,
  • underpin,
  • mechanical,
  • passivize,
  • premises,
  • concord,
  • the built environment,
  • redevelop,
  • elicitation,
  • deep structure.
  •
  • modify,
  • reinforce,
  • recreation,
  • folly,
  • inflect,
  • decline,
  • inflection,
  • clause,
  • roofing,
  • clarification,
  • pointing,
  • cultivation,
  • elucidation,
  • masonry,
  • explication,
  • interpretation.
  •
  • exegesis,
  • illumination,
  • illustration,
  • coherence,
  • monolith,
  • explanation.
  •
  • qualify,
  • determination.
  •
  • reconstruction.
  •
  • wheel.
  •
  • work.
  •
  • block.

Paraphrases for Construction:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Constructing.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    building-up.

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    works.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    reconstruction.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reconstruction.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    contractors, professions, repairs, developers, assignments, Duties, Constructed, built, works.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Telecommunications, Institutes, buildup, unification, composition, setting-up, extension, contractor, expansion, restoration, consolidation, works, commencement.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    construct, building, buildings, build.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    erection, construct, building, buildings, edifice, Constructing, realisation, renovation, build, build-up, modernization, configuration, constructor, redevelopment, siting.
  • Verb, past tense
    Constructed, built.

Antonyms for Construction:

• n.

  • creation, building
    disarrangement, ruin, ruins, disorganization, destruction, disfigurement, truth.
  • explanation
    vagueness.
  • Other antonyms:
    misconstruction.

Construction Sentence Examples:

• A hot wave of shame swept over her at the thought that George Tryon might imagine she were following him, throwing herself in his way, and at the thought of the construction which he might place upon her actions.

• In this wise, by legislative construction, the Constitution was expanded at many points in the early years of the new Government.

Homophones for Construction:

• constriction, coming attraction.

Hypernym for Construction:

• n.

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

Hyponym for Construction:

• n.

  • act
    creating from raw materials, mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation.