1. construct
verb. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] make by combining materials and parts.
Synonyms
- corduroy
- channelize
- groin
- channelise
- wattle
- revet
- reconstruct
- frame
- create
- put up
- frame up
- build
- rebuild
- customise
- customize
- set up
- erect
- make
- raise
- rear
- lock
- dry-wall
Antonyms
- impossible
- impossibility
- nonexistence
- possible
Etymology
- construo (Latin)
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Words that Rhyme with Construct
- adduct
- byproduct
- conduct
- endproduct
- fasnacht
- fassnacht
- misconduct
- product
- viaduct
Example sentences of the word construct
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
No matter how diligently you construct your business budget, you must acknowledge that it is based on forecasts.
2. Noun, singular or mass
A balsa wood crane is a good project for an adult to help a child construct.
3. Verb, base form
You can purchase a large picture frame or construct your own.
Quotes containing the word construct
1. Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.
- Evelyn Waugh
2. No one can construct for you the bridge upon which precisely you must cross the stream of life, no one but you yourself alone.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
3. To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.
- W. Somerset Maugham, Books and You
2. construct
verb. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] put together out of artificial or natural components or parts; He manufactured a popular cereal".
Synonyms
- raft
- fabricate
- mass-produce
- manufacture
Antonyms
- unify
- arrive
- stand still
- wholly
Etymology
- construo (Latin)
3. construct
verb. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions.
Synonyms
- delineate
- line
- trace
- describe
Antonyms
- inside
- join
- connect
- attach
Etymology
- construo (Latin)
4. construct
verb. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] create by linking linguistic units.
Synonyms
- create by mental act
Antonyms
- incomplete
- fractional
Etymology
- construo (Latin)
5. construct
verb. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] reassemble mentally.
Synonyms
- conjecture
- hypothesize
- suppose
- etymologize
- retrace
- reconstruct
- hypothesise
- theorise
- theorize
- etymologise
- hypothecate
Antonyms
- Phanerogamae
- middle
- end
- beginning
Etymology
- construo (Latin)
6. construct
noun. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances.
Synonyms
- concept
- attribute
- division
- law of nature
- part
- possibility
- idea
- whole
- linguistic rule
- conceptualization
- law
- conceptualisation
- quantity
- theory
- lexicalized concept
- fact
- category
- notion
- property
- natural law
- section
- abstract
- thought
- conceptuality
- hypothesis
- regulation
- conception
- abstraction
- rule
Antonyms
- thickness
- thinness
- cheerfulness
- uncheerfulness
Etymology
- construo (Latin)
7. construct
verb. ['kənˈstrʌkt, ˈkɑːnstrəkt'] create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts.
Synonyms
- create by mental act
Antonyms
- conception
- natural object
Etymology
- construo (Latin)