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Definitions

construction

[kuhn-struhk-shuhn] / kənˈstrʌk ʃən /
NOUN
creation, building
Synonyms
STRONGEST
development manufacture plan planning structure system
STRONG
architecture arrangement assembly build cast composition conception constitution contour cut disposition edifice elevation erecting erection fabric fabrication figuration figure form format formation foundation improvisation invention makeup making mold origination outline prefab prefabrication raising rearing shape systematization turn type
WEAK
fabricating putting up roadwork
Antonyms
STRONG
disarrangement truth
WEAK
destruction disfigurement disorganization ruin ruins
NOUN
explanation
Synonyms
STRONG
apprehension construal definition exegesis explication exposition inference interpretation reading rendering rendition translation version
WEAK
exposé
Antonyms
STRONG
vagueness
WEAK
destruction disfigurement disorganization ruin ruins

Example Sentences

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He labors seven days a week as a construction worker, but goes out dancing every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

He doesn’t understand a lot about his job, but he understands construction of a ballroom.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Now in her 80s, Lami Ezekiel remembers construction crews arriving in her ancestral home in Maitama, as it was destroyed to build Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Also on the U.S. target list are Iran’s buried stockpiles of fissile material and its construction site beneath Pickaxe Mountain, where it later hopes to enrich the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The walls around us are cluttered with construction paper posters, marker-drawn announcements for spring sports tryouts, and Black History Month events.

From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.