adjective

rigidly upright or straight.

she stood erect with her arms by her sides

upright,bolt upright,straight,vertical,perpendicular,plumb,standing up,rampant,bristling,standing up (on end)

verb

put together and set upright (a building, wall, or other structure).

the guest house was erected in the eighteenth century

build,construct,put up,assemble,put together,fabricate,form,manufacture,set up,set upright,fit together,piece together,pitch,position,fix in position,place,locate