construct, v. 1. build, frame, assemble, set up, put together; erect, elevate, raise, put up; manufacture, produce, fabricate, make.
2. form, fashion, mold, model, shape; forge, hammer out, sculpture, cast, block; create, invent, compose, devise, formulate, design.
construction, n. 1. building, assembly, erection, elevation, architecture, tectonics; fabrication, manufacture, production; formulation, formation, fashioning, molding, shaping, forging.
2. structure, framework, build, form, make; composition, constitution, organization, configuration, arrangement, make-up; design, format, layout, style.
3. explanation, explication, clarification, exegesis, translation; interpretation, reading, rendering, analysis, commentary.
constructive, adj. 1. helpful, advantageous, beneficial; productive, useful, practical.
2. structural, architectural, tectonic.
3. inferential, inferred, implied, implicit, deduced, derived; interpretive, interpretative, made up.
construe, v. 1. explain, explicate, expound, interpret, translate; clarify, elucidate, spell out.
2. deduce, infer, gather, take, take to mean, understand by; diagnose, read, read into, read between the lines; decipher, unravel, resolve, figure out, make out, puzzle out, put two and two together.
consul, n. attach^, commercial attach^, consular agent, consul general.
consult, v. 1. call in, seek the opinion of, confer with, seek or ask advice or information from, refer to.
2. take into account, have an eye to, regard, respect, have consideration or regard or respect for, be considerate of, be thoughtful of.
3. consider, deliberate, confer, parley, palaver, sit down together, hold conference, Inf. powwow, Inf huddle, Inf. go into a huddle, Inf. put or lay heads together, Inf. talk turkey; discuss with, talk with, take up with, talk over, compare notes, exchange views or opinions.
consultation, n. 1. conference, deliberation, consideration, examination, study, analysis; dialogue, debate, conversation, communication.
2. meeting, parley, palaver, colloquy, huddle, Inf. powwow; convention, council, caucus, session; talk, discussion, t€te-&-t€te, SI. rap, SI. rap session, SI. bull session; forum, symposium, seminar, colloquium, round table; interview, audience, sitting.
consume, v. 1. expend, use up, exhaust, drain, deplete, empty; finish, finish off, SI. polish off, dispose of, get rid of, SI. do in.
2. (all of food or drink) devour, absorb, eat up, swallow, gulp down, drink up, guzzle, gobble, bolt, wolf, Inf. put away or down, Inf. pack away or in.
3. devour, eat up, swallow up, envelop; engulf, inundate, deluge, swamp, submerge; drown, choke, smother, overcome; destroy, ruin, Dial, ruinate, ravage, wreak havoc upon; devastate, desolate, lay to waste, waste, SI. kill; demolish, wipe out, wreck, SI.