Synonyms for building

Most common

house · construction · erection · edifice

All synonyms

Noun

Antonyms

park, destruction, ruination

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   The act or process by which something is built; construction.

   The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.

Related words

Word family

buildering buildingless

Phrases

apartment building building site duck building sunken featured building building block building paper building permit building society

Is a kind of

structure

Forms

Plural

buildings → constructions, edifices, erections, houses…

Example sentences

• house His low salary prevents him from buying the house.
• construction Maybe, I need to use some infinitive construction?
• erection What should I do if my erection will not go down?
• edifice The new edifice of the theatre looks very splendid.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

pile¹

5 letters

house¹

6 letters

fabric²

7 letters

edifice³

8 letters

erection³

9 letters

structure²

12 letters

construction³, architecture⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fabric² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

immeuble

Italiano

condominio

Español

inmueble

Català

immoble