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Synonyms for put up

  • verb
  • adjective
  • noun

Most common

support stand stick out hang build frame post put away

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Support

support, stand, hang, stick out, bear, suffer, stomach, tolerate, endure, brook formal, digest, abide

2. Make

make, build, raise, frame, rear, erect

3. House

house, lodge, domiciliate rare

4. Offer

offer, provide, bestow

Other

put away, can, post, put forward, contribute, tin, nominate

Adjective

set-up, planned

Noun

build-up, frame-up

Antonyms

put-down, let-down, legitimate

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To place in a high location.

    Please put up your luggage in the overhead bins.

  2. v. 2

    To hang; to mount.

    Many people put up messages on their refrigerators.

  3. adj. 1

    Secretly arranged in advance, especially in order to defraud someone or to advance one's own interests.

  4. n. 1

    Something prearranged or faked in order to trick someone or to advance one's own interests.

Related words

Word family
put-you-up
Phrases
put up with
Is a kind of
do up
Other spellings
put-up

Example sentences

  • support You cannot depend on his support for your project.
  • stand I don't mind the cold, but I can't stand the heat.
  • hang Recently, you've been depressing to hang out with.
  • build It has taken forty-six years to build this temple.
  • frame The way you frame a question can change the answer.

By length

3 letters
can1, tin1
4 letters
make1, post1, bear1, hang1, rear1
5 letters
house1, stand1, build1, offer2, raise1, frame1, lodge1, brook1, abide2, erect2
6 letters
suffer2, endure2, digest2, bestow2
7 letters
support2, provide2, planned1, stomach2
8 letters
tolerate3, nominate3
10 letters
contribute3
11 letters
domiciliate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (offer2 = 2 syllables).