Clues for the word "ERECT"
We've had 171 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 1015 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on January 09, 2026.
Definition of erect
- a. - Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
- a. - Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- a. - Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- a. - Watchful; alert.
- a. - Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
- a. - Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- v. t. - To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- v. t. - To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
- v. t. - To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- v. t. - To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- v. t. - To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
- v. t. - To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- v. i. - To rise upright.
Referring Clues
- Put up
- Right, in a way
- Pitch, in a way
- Build
- Set up
- Upright
- Pitch
- Standing
- Raised
- Like Homo sapiens
- Build, as a monument
- Establish
- At attention
- Posture-perfect
- Like Homo habilis
- Not hunched
- Not at ease, perhaps
- Put up, as a building
- Having good posture
- Be constructive?
- Not decumbent
- Straight up
- Standing upright
- Stiff-backed
- Like squirrels' ears
- Vertical
- Construct
- How we stand
- Way to stand
- Like Java man
- Standing straight
- Not on all fours
- Standing at attention
- Standing with proper posture
- Standing up straight
- Standing tall
- Like French bulldogs' ears
- One way to stand
- Not slouching
- Like a soldier at attention
- Raise
- Not bent
- Like an attentive dog's ears
- At attention, say
- Build, as a building
- Build, as a skyscraper
- Build up
- Straight and tall
- Upstanding
- Displaying good posture
- Walking tall
- Demonstrating good posture
- Upright, as posture
- Have fun with Lego blocks
- In a vertical position
- How Cro-Magnon man walked
- Not sitting
- Straight up and down
- Sitting up
- In an upright position
- West Point posture
- On two feet
- Build an edifice
- How we walk
- Not stooped
- Like Cro-Magnon man
- Assemble
- Happy to see someone, perhaps
- Stiff
- Upright and rigid
- Correct way to stand
- Fully upright
- Construct, as a skyscraper
- On end
- Like a Siberian Husky's ears
- Raise, as a house
- Raise the roof
- Put up, as a monument
- Ready for action, in a way
- Not hunched over
- Like a Chihuahua's ears
- Standing up
- Raise high-rises
- On both feet
- Put up a building
- Like humans, in a way
- On twos, rather than fours
- Perpendicular
- Positioned vertically
- Not in a slump?
- Good way to stand
- Pitch outdoors
- Build, as a house
- Opposite of "reclining"
- Like the posture of human beings
- Put up a monument
- Construct, as a building
- Set upright
- Like a zebra's mane
- How Neanderthals stood
- Standing straignt
- Construct or build
- Like the posture of humans
- Raise the roof?
- Standing up before empty court
- Raise, set up
- Standing bolt upright
- Put together
- Crete (anag)
- Standing before court
- Up before court
- Put up before a court
- Build in Crete, perhaps
- Standing proudly before the court
- To build, you must mix some concrete
- Build anew in Crete
- Standing upright before the court
- Mix and concrete in order to build
- Standing vertically
- Appearing upright before getting caught
- Not inclined to put up, say, the tree
- Film covering record pitch
- Ramrod-straight
- Construct (building)
- Appearing upright before being taken to court
- Construct perpendicular
- Up before the court?
- Choose to build, employing the other hand
- Built straight up
- Put up before the court
- Put up before court
- Upstanding before court
- Hard up?
- Showing soldierly uprightness before the court
- Standing up before court
- Create
- Put up, as a skyscraper
- How Cro-Magnons stood
- Having perfect posture
- Standing before empty chest
- Like an alert dog's ears
- Standing up before empty court?
- Put up with being dislodged from Crete
- Put up, sooner than go to court?
- Raise to the sky
- Straight
- Standing up proudly before the court
- Showing good posture
- Upstanding before the court
- Hardly slouching
- Put up, as a house
- Construct (a monument)
- Construct on a lot
- Build in the perpendicular style
- Bring into existence
- Standing very straight
- Standing straight up
- Standing at attention, say
- Put up in the rectory, accommodatingly
- What builders do to mix a bit of concrete
- Best way to stand
- Construct, as a 10-story building
- With perfect posture
- Put up or straight up
- Build, like a monument
- Build from the ground up
- Not in a slump?
- Like good posture
- Put up, as an office building
- Assemble, as a Lego tower
- Not slumped
Last Seen In
- New York Times - January 09, 2026
- LA Times - January 02, 2026
- New Zealand Herald - December 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 29, 2025
- New York Times - December 28, 2025
- New York Times - December 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 09, 2025
- Daily American - December 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 26, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 20, 2025
- LA Times - November 10, 2025
- Daily American - November 08, 2025
- LA Times - October 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - October 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 28, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 05, 2025
- Mirror Daily - September 02, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 30, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 25, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 21, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 11, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - July 24, 2025
- Mirror Mini - July 23, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 10, 2025
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