Build
Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.
Touch
Touch verb - To come into bodily contact with (something) so as to perceive a slight pressure on the skin.
How words are described
| good | good build | good touch |
| physical | physical build | physical touch |
| similar | similar build | similar touch |
| common | common build | common touch |
| Other adjectives: right, original, light, delicate, single, small, effective, strong, great, slight, feminine, final, deadly, realistic. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When Michelle Forbes read the line "She ate at our table..." she gave it an extra personal touch that the producers decided to build on in "Razor", making it a retroactive example of this trope.
Source: Bury Your Gays -
The Soviet space program managed to build the longest-lasting probes ever to touch the surface of Venus.
Source: Soviet Superscience -
The build was literally just alternating between Vampiric Bite and Vampiric Blood, occasionally using Blood Sacrifice or some other touch skill like Throw Dirt.
Source: Video Game / Guild Wars
Cite this Source
Touch and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/touch
Build & Touch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/touch>.
Touch or Build. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/touch.
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