" built "

1: as in ample, curvy;

•  Synonyms : 

•  ample,

•  bosomy,

•  busty,

•  buxom,

•  chesty,

•  corn-fed,

•  curvaceous,

•  curvy,

•  full-figured,

•  ripe,

•  Rubenesque,

•  shapely,

•  stacked,

•  voluptuous,

•  well-endowed,

•  zaftig,

•  blubbery,

•  chubby,

•  corpulent,

•  fat,

•  fleshy,

•  full,

•  gross,

•  lardy,

•  obese,

•  overweight,

•  plump,

•  podgy,

•  portly,

•  pudgy,

•  replete,

•  roly-poly,

•  rotund,

•  round,

•  tubby,

•  Junoesque,

•  statuesque,

•  beefy,

•  bulky,

•  chunky,

•  heavy,

•  heavyset,

•  plumpish,

•  stocky,

•  stout,

•  thick,

•  thickset,

•  weighty,

•  brawny,

•  burly,

•  hefty,

•  husky,

•  dumpy,

•  squat,

•  stubby,

•  hippy,

•  paunchy,

•  potbellied,

•  flabby,

•  soft,

•  endomorphic

•  Antonyms : 

•  angular,

•  bony,

•  gaunt,

•  lank,

•  lanky,

•  rawboned,

•  sinewy,

•  cadaverous,

•  emaciated,

•  haggard,

•  pinched,

•  skeletal,

•  wasted,

•  puny,

•  scraggy,

•  scrawny,

•  slight,

•  rangy,

•  reedy,

•  spindling,

•  spindly,

•  stringy,

•  svelte,

•  sylphlike,

•  twiggy,

•  waspish,

•  weedy,

•  willowy,

•  ectomorphic,

•  anorexic,

•  lean,

•  skinny,

•  slender,

•  slim,

•  spare,

•  thin

1: as in amassed, aggregated;

•  Synonyms : 

•  accruable,

•  accrued,

•  aggregated,

•  amassed,

•  compiled,

•  conglomerated,

•  increscent,

•  progressive,

•  gradual,

•  step-by-step,

•  stepwise,

•  accretive,

•  accumulative,

•  additive,

•  conglomerative,

•  cumulative,

•  incremental

•  Antonyms : 

•  decremental,

•  decrescent,

•  degressive,

•  regressive

1: being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing;

  * e.g., " ... a poker player with a seemingly built-in ability to read his opponents' faces "

•  Synonyms : 

•  constitutional,

•  constitutive,

•  essential,

•  hardwired,

•  immanent,

•  inborn,

•  inbred,

•  indigenous,

•  ingrain,

•  ingrained,

•  inherent,

•  innate,

•  integral,

•  intrinsic,

•  native,

•  natural

•  Antonyms : 

•  adventitious,

•  extraneous,

•  extrinsic

1: hastily or roughly constructed;

  * e.g., " ... my jerry-built wine racks may not look pretty, but they get the job done "

•  Synonyms : 

•  artless,

•  clumsy,

•  crude,

•  jerry-rigged,

•  jury-rigged,

•  rough,

•  rough-and-ready,

•  rough-and-tumble,

•  rough-hewn,

•  rude,

•  unrefined

•  Antonyms : 

•  refined

1: to form by putting together parts or materials;

  * e.g., " ... he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assembled,

•  confected,

•  constructed,

•  erected,

•  fabricated,

•  made,

•  made up,

•  pieced,

•  put up,

•  raised,

•  reared,

•  set up

•  Antonyms : 

•  demounted,

•  disassembled,

•  dismantled,

•  dismembered,

•  knocked down,

•  struck,

•  took down,

•  tore down

1: to form by putting together parts or materials;

  * e.g., " ... he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assemble,

•  confect,

•  construct,

•  erect,

•  fabricate,

•  make,

•  make up,

•  piece,

•  put up,

•  raise,

•  rear,

•  set up

•  Antonyms : 

•  demount,

•  disassemble,

•  dismantle,

•  dismember,

•  knock down,

•  strike,

•  take down,

•  tear down

1: to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number;

  * e.g., " ... static electricity built up on the cat's fur "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accelerated,

•  accumulated,

•  appreciated,

•  ballooned,

•  boomed,

•  burgeoned,

•  climbed,

•  enlarged,

•  escalated,

•  expanded,

•  gained,

•  increased,

•  mounted,

•  multiplied,

•  mushroomed,

•  proliferated,

•  rolled up,

•  rose,

•  snowballed,

•  spread,

•  swelled,

•  waxed

•  Antonyms : 

•  contracted,

•  decreased,

•  diminished,

•  dwindled,

•  lessened,

•  receded,

•  waned

2: to gradually increase in;

  * e.g., " ... the roller coaster built up momentum "

•  Synonyms : 

•  gained,

•  gathered,

•  grew (in),

•  picked up

•  Antonyms : 

•  decreased (in),

•  lost

3: to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass;

  * e.g., " ... evidence that the toxic chemical builds up in the bloodstream to unhealthy levels "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accreted,

•  accumulated,

•  amassed,

•  collected,

•  concentrated,

•  conglomerated,

•  gathered,

•  massed,

•  piled (up),

•  stacked (up)

•  Antonyms : 

•  abated,

•  decreased,

•  de-escalated,

•  diminished,

•  downsized,

•  dwindled,

•  lessened,

•  lowered,

•  minified,

•  reduced,

•  subtracted (from)

1: as in threw up, rigged (up);

•  Synonyms : 

•  rigged (up),

•  threw up,

•  reassembled,

•  rebuilt,

•  reconstructed,

•  redeveloped,

•  reedified,

•  retrofitted,

•  combined,

•  united,

•  conceived,

•  concocted,

•  contrived,

•  cooked (up),

•  designed,

•  devised,

•  imagined,

•  thought (up),

•  constituted,

•  established,

•  fathered,

•  founded,

•  instituted,

•  organized,

•  began,

•  coined,

•  created,

•  generated,

•  inaugurated,

•  initiated,

•  innovated,

•  invented,

•  originated,

•  prefabricated,

•  carpentered,

•  fashioned,

•  forged,

•  framed,

•  hammered,

•  handcrafted,

•  manufactured,

•  molded,

•  produced,

•  shaped,

•  assembled,

•  built,

•  confected,

•  constructed,

•  erected,

•  fabricated,

•  made,

•  made up,

•  pieced,

•  put up,

•  raised,

•  reared,

•  set up

•  Antonyms : 

•  demounted,

•  disassembled,

•  dismantled,

•  dismembered,

•  knocked down,

•  struck,

•  took down,

•  tore down,

•  demolished,

•  destroyed,

•  devastated,

•  flattened,

•  leveled,

•  pulled down,

•  pulverized,

•  razed,

•  ruinated,

•  ruined,

•  shattered,

•  smashed,

•  wrecked,

•  blew up,

•  exploded,

•  detached,

•  disengaged,

•  disconnected,

•  disjoined,

•  disunited,

•  divided,

•  separated

1: as in fixtures;

•  Synonyms : 

•  fixtures

•  Antonyms : 

•  appointment,

•  cabinetwork,

•  furnishings,

•  furniture,

•  movables,

•  belongings,

•  chattels,

•  effects,

•  gear,

•  goods,

•  holdings,

•  paraphernalia,

•  possessions,

•  things,

•  case goods

1: to rouse to strong feeling or action;

  * e.g., " ... He was a well-known self-help guru who could build a fire under anyone to finally take those next steps. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aroused,

•  encouraged,

•  excited,

•  fired (up),

•  impassioned,

•  incited,

•  instigated,

•  moved,

•  piqued,

•  provoked,

•  revved (up),

•  sparked,

•  stimulated,

•  stirred

•  Antonyms : 

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