Synonyms for erection
ɪˈrɛk ʃənerec·tion

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1. erectionnoun

   A penis or clitoris that has become rigid.

   Synonyms:
   construction, building

2. erectionnoun

   Anything erected or built.

   Synonyms:
   construction, building

3. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   woodie, boner, stiffy, hard-on, woody, hardon

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1. erection, hard-onnoun

   an erect penis

   Synonyms:
   erecting, hard-on

2. erectionnoun

   a structure that has been erected

   Synonyms:
   erecting, hard-on

3. erecting, erectionnoun

   the act of building or putting up

   Synonyms:
   erecting, hard-on

Matched Categories

1. • Construction
   • Sexual Arousal
   • Structure

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1. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   erecting, setting upright

2. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   raising, building, constructing

3. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   building, structure, edifice

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1. erectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   building, raising, construction

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1. List of paraphrases for "erection":

   boner, hard-on, construction, installation

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1. Malcolm MacDonald:

   Professor David Ralph at Londons University College Hospital has expertise in penile reconstruction and built MacDonalds new penis out of a skin graft from his left arm, The Sun wrote. A tube and a hand pump are said to allow for a mechanical erection. The man already has two children so he wasnt worried about sex, the outlet wrote. MAINE HOSPITAL SEES CORONAVIRUS RESURGENCE AFTER VISITORS LEARN OF POSITIVE TEST RESULTS WHILE ON TRIP It was always more about my self-confidence and simple things like using the loo.

2. Rajveer Purohit:

   It's a unique tissue that's only present in the penis, when you get an erection, blood flows into the corpus cavernosa, and it fills up like a sponge.

3. Gerald Brandacher:

   All the research that we have done and all the experience that we have from our urology colleagues clearly indicates that he will regain full function of the penis with regard to urination... to have an erection and to have intercourse.

4. Prime Minister Viktor Orban:

   The government cannot support the erection of a statue for a politician who ... collaborated with Hungary's oppressors, regardless of what other merits he had.

5. Paul Gittens:

   Adrenaline is an anti-erection chemical and is the main driver in the fight-or-flight response, when men have had failed attempts at sex, or they have developed anxiety and stress because of previous failed attempts, adrenaline kicks in and contributes to erectile dysfunction by shifting the blood away from the penis. The term' psychological erectile dysfunction' puts the blame on the man. I prefer to call it' adrenaline-mediated erectile dysfunction.'.