building - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of constructing something

Synonyms

• building
• construction

More generic

• creating from raw materials

More specific

• assembly
• bricolage
• crenelation
• crenellation
• dry walling
• erecting
• erection
• fabrication
• grading
• house-raising
• leveling
• road construction
• rustication
• ship building
• shipbuilding

Noun

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones

Synonyms

• building
• construction

More generic

• business
• business enterprise
• commercial enterprise

More specific

• jerry-building

Related

• house painting
• masonry
• painting
• plumbery
• plumbing
• roofing
• sheet-metal work
• shingling

Noun

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place

Synonyms

• building
• edifice

More generic

• construction
• structure

More specific

• Hall of Fame
• Roman building
• abattoir
• apartment building
• apartment house
• architecture
• aviary
• bagnio
• bathhouse
• bathing machine
• bawdyhouse
• bird sanctuary
• bordello
• bowling alley
• brothel
• butchery
• casino-hotel
• cathouse
• center
• centre
• chapterhouse
• club
• clubhouse
• dead room
• dorm
• dormitory
• eatery
• eating house
• eating place
• farm building
• feedlot
• firetrap
• gambling den
• gambling hell
• gambling house
• gaming house
• gazebo
• glasshouse
• government building
• greenhouse
• hall
• health facility
• healthcare facility
• hotel
• hotel-casino
• house
• house of God
• house of ill repute
• house of prayer
• house of prostitution
• house of worship
• library
• medical building
• ministry
• morgue
• mortuary
• observatory
• office block
• office building
• opium den
• outbuilding
• packinghouse
• place of worship
• planetarium
• presbytery
• residence hall
• rest house
• restaurant
• rink
• rotunda
• ruin
• school
• schoolhouse
• shambles
• shooting gallery
• signal box
• signal tower
• skating rink
• skyscraper
• slaughterhouse
• sporting house
• student residence
• student union
• summerhouse
• tap house
• tavern
• telco building
• te

Related

• annex
• annexe
• antechamber
• anteroom
• corner
• cornerstone
• court
• courtyard
• crawl space
• crawlspace
• cullis
• elevator
• entrance hall
• extension
• exterior door
• floor
• foundation stone
• foyer
• frame
• hall
• heat
• heating
• heating plant
• heating system
• interior door
• level
• lift
• lobby
• nook
• outside door
• quoin
• roof
• room
• scantling
• shaft
• skeletal frame
• skeleton
• staircase
• stairway
• storey
• story
• stud
• underframe
• upstairs
• vestibule
• wall
• window
• wing

Noun

the occupants of a building

Synonyms

• building

More generic

• assemblage
• gathering

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