The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - erect adj.

1) upright, standing, upstanding, straight, vertical, perpendicular, plumb: There was a slight stoop now in what had previously been a notably erect body. --v. 2) build, construct, put up, raise; pitch: I could swear that they erected that building overnight! 3 establish, found, set up, form, institute, organize, create: Their religion was erected on the principles of utilitarianism.