ERECTED Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

erected

verb

Definition of erected next

past tense of erect

as in raised

to fix in an upright position the tribes of the Pacific Northwest erected totem poles in front of their dwellings

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

as in built

to form by putting together parts or materials we'd better erect some sort of shelter before these woods are in total darkness

Synonyms & Similar Words

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of erected According to the organization, Sánchez’s administration has not only ushered in a slate of reforms but also erected guardrails against the country’s rising far-right movements. —

Drew Pittock, USA Today, 14 May 2026 Trump has erected other roadblocks for the industry, while going all-in on fossil fuels. —

ABC News, 14 May 2026 The translation destroyed the partition walls that Levi had erected between Turin and Auschwitz, between his life as a man and his life as a non-man. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Since 2000, retail giants and developers have erected more than 146 million square feet of warehouse space in the Chicago metropolitan area, equivalent in size to roughly 1,400 Home Depot stores. —

Justin Mayo, New York Times, 12 May 2026 The 24,000-square-foot building was erected in 1965 by shopping mall pioneer and developer Ernest Hahn to serve as his corporate headquarters. —

Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026 At least two memorials have been erected in Williams’ honor, including one at the site of the crash and another at her school. —

Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026 The statue, which includes a Banksy signature on its base, was erected overnight on Wednesday. —

Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 2 May 2026 This includes more than 1,200 camps erected by Chinese authorities in Xinjiang province as part of an expansive policy of discrimination against the Uyghur population there. —

Alex Braithwaite, The Conversation, 1 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for erected

Verb

Analysts have raised concerns about concentration risks in South Korea's stock market, with an overreliance on a small group of companies raising the risk of volatility and vulnerability to geopolitical shocks, including a slowdown in data-center spending.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Woldenberg, in response to the tariffs, had implemented a hiring freeze, put off plans to build a new warehouse, and raised the prices of his firm’s products.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 18 May 2026