erect  

Thesaurus for erect

• adjective
  • synonyms
    • vertical, upright, tumid  
  • antonyms
    • unerect  
  • similar terms
    • erectile, fastigiate, hard, orthostatic, passant, rampant, rearing, semi-climbing, semi-erect, semi-upright, stand-up, standing, statant, straight, straight-backed, unbent, unbowed  
• verb
  • synonyms
    • raise, rear, set up, put up, bring up, build, construct, elevate, get up, lift, make  
  • antonyms
    • level  

Pronunciation of erect: IH0 R EH1 K T (ɪ'rɛkt)

Number of syllables of erect: 2

Definition of erect

• (v): construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"  
• (v): cause to rise up  
• (s): of sexual organs; stiff and rigid  
• (a): upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"  

Examples of erect

• Flowers on pedicels, erect, but drooping to the ends.  
• Erect aquatic or subaquatic ferns of moderate size.  
• The fruits develop in the remnants of the sepals on erect stalks.  
• It is a sticky everlasting erect viscid herb.  
• The supposedly flaccid picture looks partially erect to me.  
• Stems are arborescent, either erect or decumbent.  
• A photo of an erect and flaccid circumsised penis.  
• Leaves are flat, erect, scabrous, approximately as long as inflorescence.  
• The head of the cat is round and the ears erect.  
• I assume flaccid, but does anyone know the erect size