Build
Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Total
Total verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: a powerful hurricane totaled the house some years ago
How words are described
| good | good build | good total |
| full | full build | full total |
| long | long build | long total |
| exact | exact build | exact total |
| Other adjectives: short, certain, current, initial, single, small, powerful, entire, massive, large, big, impressive, new, possible, final, overall, stat. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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V just gave up and made everything global; the empire itself is the basic unit of measure, instead of individual cities: If you build a Colosseum, it adds +X smileys to your empire's Happiness total.
Source: Video Game / Civilization -
City of Heroes allows the player to build a character who is dressed in the next best thing to total nudity, if that's what you're into.
Source: Not Distracted by the Sexy - However the Empire has spent those years in power on exploiting planets and enslaving the billions to build its war machines, and has actively caused the total extinction of several alien races.
Source: Utopia Justifies the Means
Cite this Source
Total and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/total
Build & Total. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/total>.
Total or Build. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/total.
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