Antonyms for built

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bilt

Phonetic Transcription : bɪlt

Definition of built

Origin : 1560s, "constructed, erected," past participle adjective from build (v.). Meaning "physically well-developed" is by 1940s (well-built in reference to a woman is from 1871); Built-in (adj.) is from 1898.

adj erected
adj buxom
adj muscular

Example sentences :

In fact, a large portion of the whole book was built on that anecdote.
Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge

The house had been built only three years, and was the show-place of the village.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

They were built upon high cliffs and rumor had it that no enemy could take them.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

We are all in favor of having it built as promptly as possible.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Built on fear and run by fear, fear is as essential to their existence as coal to our industries.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Traditions and instructions helped me in that they built the ship in which I was to put to sea.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

You think of the home you have built up, and of what it would be without you.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

How should a cellar in which foods is to be stored be built and cared for?
Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

God forbid that I—But no happiness is built on a foundation of wrong.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Like K., she insisted that no right can be built out of a wrong.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for built

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