Synonyms of construct

construct 1 of 2

verb

kən-ˈstrəkt 

1

as in to devise

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination

he managed to construct a theory that fits all the facts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• devise
• concoct
• invent
• design
• manufacture
• produce
• fabricate
• come up with
• think (up)
• contrive
• drum up
• cook (up)
• make up
• excogitate
• trump up
• conceive
• hatch
• envision
• visualize
• imagine
• vamp (up)
• dream
• improvise
• envisage
• coin
• vision
• fantasize
• daydream
• extemporize
• picture
• ad-lib

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reproduce
• replicate
• copy
• duplicate
• mimic
• imitate
• clone
• reduplicate
• copycat

2

as in to build

to form by putting together parts or materials

constructed a hydroelectric dam across the river

Synonyms & Similar Words

• build
• assemble
• create
• make
• erect
• fabricate
• establish
• found
• manufacture
• design
• produce
• piece
• make up
• set up
• confect
• generate
• put together
• raise
• rebuild
• put up
• reconstruct
• rear
• invent
• concoct
• organize
• forge
• shape
• devise
• initiate
• begin
• inaugurate
• carpenter
• originate
• mold
• prefabricate
• frame
• fashion
• constitute
• contrive
• conceive
• imagine
• innovate
• handcraft
• retrofit
• hammer
• combine
• institute
• reassemble
• coin
• redevelop
• think (up)
• cook (up)
• father
• unite
• reedify
• throw up
• rig (up)
• jerry-build

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantle
• destroy
• strike
• disassemble
• demolish
• tear down
• dismember
• take down
• ruin
• flatten
• raze
• knock down
• smash
• level
• shatter
• wreck
• pulverize
• pull down
• devastate
• explode
• detach
• blow up
• divide
• separate
• demount
• disengage
• ruinate
• disconnect
• disunite
• disjoin

construct

2 of 2

noun

as in concept

Synonyms & Similar Words

• concept
• conception
• abstraction
• proposal
• impression
• inference
• notion
• theory
• proffer
• generalization
• conjecture
• suggestion
• suspicion
• inkling
• assumption
• guess
• hypothesis
• premise
• surmise
• feeling
• speculation
• proposition
• presumption
• theorem
• hunch
• concession
• thesis
• presupposition
• premiss
• guesswork
• supposition

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• knowledge
• assurance
• certainty

Examples of construct in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

When three people died constructing Neom, in the brutal desert heat, executives including Australian Wayne Borg, were called in to manage a brewing crisis. —Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2024

In many of these cases, societal norms and beliefs are constructed (by both men and women) to support this system. —Brooke Scelza, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2024

Noun

And also, her relationship with her husband and the social construct around her. —Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 July 2024

In those early years of the Cold War, the pan-Arabism of Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser reinforced the notion of the Middle East as a cultural-political unity rather than an artificial construct. —Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 22 Feb. 2022