Definition for Erect:

• To raise and set upright or perpendicularly; to raise, as a building; to found; to set up or establish a new; to elevate; to exalt; to excite; to animate; to extend; to distend.

Synonyms for Erect:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • tumid.
  •straight up (adjective)
  • Arrect,
  • Cocked.
  •vertical (adjective)
  • longitudinal,
  • up-and-down,
  • bolt upright.

• n.

  •
  • extend,
  • throw up.
  •
  • catalyze,
  • inaugurate,
  • make,
  • invent,
  • trigger,
  • bring about.
  •
  • impenetrable,
  • packed,
  • inflexible,
  • solid,
  • horizontal,
  • unyielding,
  • rock-hard,
  • rigid,
  • firm,
  • stiff.
  •
  • upstanding,
  • spreadeagled.
  •erect (noun)
  • rampant,
  • unbent,
  • erectile,
  • standing,
  • rearing,
  • hard,
  • passant,
  • straight-backed,
  • fastigiate,
  • orthostatic,
  • unbowed,
  • statant.

• v.

  •build; establish (verb)
  • pitch,
  • mount,
  • initiate,
  • effect,
  • heighten,
  • make up,
  • assemble,
  • plant,
  • join,
  • institute,
  • compose,
  • shape,
  • put together,
  • upraise,
  • forge,
  • manufacture,
  • elevate,
  • organize.
  •elevate (verb)
  • rise,
  • escalate,
  • levitate,
  • uplift.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Uprear,
  • rebuild,
  • barricade,
  • reconstruct,
  • dam.
  •
  • knee-deep,
  • linear.
  •
  • raised.
  •
  • plumb,
  • true.
  •
  • flush.
  •cock
  • stick up,
  • stand erect.
  •elevate
  • elevated.
  •hammer out
  • hammer out.

Paraphrases for Erect:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    construct, lay, build, raise, criminalize, characterize, lift, reconstruct, designate, develop, compile, put, travel, pose.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    upright.
  • Verb, base form
    establish, Establishing, create, install, activate, set.

Antonyms for Erect:

• adj.

  • all
    unerect.
  • straight up
    lowered, prostrate, prone.
  • Other antonyms:
    soft, slanted, accumbent, slanting, diagonal.

• v.

  • build; establish
    depress, demote, decrease, neglect, halt, drop, ignore, topple, lower, demolish, ruin, fail, end, conclude, prevent, destroy, distress, finish, break, stop, fall, upset, raze.
  • creation
    level.

Homophones for Erect:

• Erik Satie, erst, earshot, eruct, ergot.

Hypernym for Erect:

• v.

  • motion
    prick, prick up, cock up, set up, pitch.

Hyponym for Erect:

• v.

  • creation
    build, make, construct.
  • motion
    get up, lift, bring up, raise, elevate.