Synonyms of drawing up

drawing up

verb

present participle of draw up

1

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill

he drew up his horse outside the tavern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping
• halting
• stalling
• pulling up
• catching
• bringing up
• holding up
• checking
• blocking
• fetching up
• arresting
• staying
• holding back
• cutting off
• hindering
• stilling
• suspending
• holding
• turning back
• ending
• impeding
• obstructing
• stemming
• reining (in)
• snagging
• concluding
• detaining
• clogging
• blockading
• choking off
• baffling
• balking
• damming
• terminating
• bottlenecking
• discontinuing
• suppressing
• stunting
• repressing
• calling
• squashing
• squelching
• staunching
• stanching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping (on)
• carrying on
• running on
• keeping up
• continuing
• going along
• persisting
• following through (with)
• moving
• proceeding
• progressing
• advancing
• marching
• pushing
• faring
• driving
• stirring
• actuating
• propelling
• spurring
• wending
• impelling
• goading
• budging

2

as in classifying

to put into a particular arrangement

drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifying
• organizing
• arranging
• ordering
• laying out
• disposing
• ranging
• making up
• marshalling
• straightening (up)
• codifying
• systematizing
• lining up
• tidying (up)
• marshaling
• grooming
• placing
• arraying
• setting out
• sprucing (up)
• mapping (out)
• aligning
• displaying
• lining
• filing
• queueing
• sequencing
• alining
• cueing
• queuing
• prioritizing
• cuing
• hierarchizing
• setting
• alphabetizing
• unscrambling
• emplacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• messing (up)
• mussing (up)
• upsetting
• disordering
• disarranging
• deranging
• rumpling
• disarraying

3

as in preparing

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• composing
• drafting
• putting together
• writing
• crafting
• formulating
• casting
• framing
• making
• shaping
• piecing (together)
• building
• forming
• molding
• stating
• wording
• expressing
• fabricating
• constructing
• fashioning
• penning
• assembling
• authoring
• devising
• verbalizing
• concocting
• conceiving
• sculpturing
• phrasing
• compounding
• couching
• reframing
• inditing
• reformulating
• redrafting