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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of construct

Verb

They're constructed from a lightweight magnesium frame with a rubber finish that improves grip and enhances protection. —Rich Owen, Space.com, 7 Mar. 2025

In April 2011, the Navy’s elite special operations force, Seal Team 6, started training to invade the compound, practicing in a mock building located in North Carolina that was constructed based on surveillance footage. —Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 7 Mar. 2025

Noun

In that case, the researchers believe adult pig teeth coming in may have damaged or dislodged the hybrid constructs. —Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 7 Feb. 2025

Born out of a deepening love of music, these songs deal in glassy, gossamer synth constructs but also in boisterous, low-stakes dance-pop. —Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025