BUILDS Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

builds 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of build

as in constructs

to form by putting together parts or materials he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit

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builds

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noun

plural of build

as in shapes

the type of body that a person has has a slender build

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Recent Examples of builds

Verb

Boston Dynamics released a video offering a closer look at the prototype operations team that builds and maintains its Atlas humanoid robot. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 Political tensions mounted Tuesday over the European Union’s next long-term budget as pressure builds to get the spending package agreed before a series of unpredictable elections in some of the biggest member countries next year. — Lorne Cook, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026 Speed without a foundation collapses, and attention in a crowded market fades fast, but trust endures; and trust is exactly what this channel builds. — Joel Goldstein, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 But closer examination reveals that OpenAI’s proof builds its unnatural force in a totally distinct way. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026 Under the baton of Leonard Slatkin, the evening builds to the lively tarantella finale of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony. — Mike Hamersly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 DuVernay builds the film’s narrative using a wide and often surprising range of interview subjects. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026 In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet. — Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Curtis’ discomfort, and ours, builds to a tense crescendo during Digger’s bombastic speech in front of the European Parliament. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

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These builds were used for blocking sequences and rehearsals. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026 Note that a 240mm or 360mm radiator/fan will sit just 35mm above the motherboard, and will have to rely on the case’s approximately 58mm of horizontal (leftward) offset to clear the tops of the memory slots of most builds. — Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 10 Oct. 2026 Even when a race is uphill, showing up builds trust, strengthens local party infrastructure, and lays the groundwork for future victories. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026 Nike also says the leather used on the ’01 builds is more premium, which provides greater definition between the overlays and underlays. — Olivia Cigliano, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026 That law aims to avoid delays in the construction timeline for new builds, which not only slows completion of new housing but adds to the cost of development for that project. — Danielle J. Brown, Baltimore Sun, 17 Sep. 2026 The 46-year-old builds sculptures, art installations, archives and community. — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 To set the stage for that next step in roster builds, here are 10 veterans still on the market who could make an impact in 2026. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Over 12 terabytes of data, containing builds of every game uploaded to Steam between 2003 and 2013, has been leaked. — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for builds

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Dyrholm will star as a woman who is unable to acknowledge and access her own feelings and constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
By placing a fashion executive from PVH next to a global marketing executive from Coca-Cola and an independent visual artist, the house constructs a network of perspectives capable of sorting through complex challenges.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of constructs

Noun

That includes colorblock styling, chunky knobs and physical controls, and simple shapes that make each device memorable and distinctive.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Robots learn from experiments A separate Google project tested whether agents could improve DNA aptamers, short molecules that fold into shapes capable of attaching to specific proteins.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of shapes

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Simpler battery packs lower costs The company buys battery cells and assembles its own packs rather than manufacturing the cells themselves.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
His team then assembles mood boards using references from films, music videos and other media before developing sketches and finalizing designs.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of assembles

Verb

To see how this spread creates randomness throughout the world, consider an ordinary coin-flip experiment again.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The Republican president signed an executive order that creates a new women’s health division at the National Institutes of Health and a White House task force to focus on the issue.

— Bill Barrow, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of creates

Noun

Some undergo cosmetic procedures and reportedly inject their bodies with peptides, testosterone, and other substances that enhance their physiques.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Feelings for the character, who dressed like a luchador and stretched the limits of superherodom’s already outrageous spectrum of physiques, ranged from curiosity to open and outright disdain.

— Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of physiques

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But that makes the philanthropic imperative towards the people who live there all the more urgent.

— David Miliband, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
Some trips call for an outfit that feels a little more special than your usual jeans-and-sweater combination, and this matching set makes that easy.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of makes

Noun

All inspired by Rise & Fall’s signature knitwear and outerwear, the designs recast the language of clothing in sculptural forms, bringing together the softness of textiles and the presence of jewelry.

— Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
Most of these programs did not have physical forms in their original MCU incarnations, but appear in human form within the world inside Vision’s mind.

— Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026