Synonyms of drafting

drafting

verb

present participle of draft

1

as in recruiting

to pick especially for required military service

my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recruiting
• enlisting
• levying
• conscripting
• conscribing
• enrolling
• volunteering
• impressing
• pressing
• calling up
• signing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharging
• mustering out

2

as in preparing

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

draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in pumping

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pumping
• draining
• drawing (off)
• emptying
• tapping
• sucking
• siphoning
• bleeding
• cleaning
• evacuating
• milking
• purging
• flushing
• vacating
• clearing
• voiding
• exhausting
• decanting
• vacuating
• depleting
• effusing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filling
• washing
• wetting
• bathing
• soaking
• watering
• flooding
• drenching
• drowning
• dousing
• inundating
• overflowing
• sousing
• swamping
• submerging
• deluging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drafting

Since drafting him 10th overall in 2022, the Jets have gone 20-52. — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026

Mitchell was close to a pair of White House lawyers involved in drafting the order and was among a small group of outside attorneys who provided suggestions for it, according to several people who helped write it. — Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 28 Oct. 2026

Or former general managers John Elway and Ozzie Newsome drafting themselves to play for their teams. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026

The meeting concluded with a general consensus among School Board members and City Council representatives to move forward with feasibility studies, cost breakdowns and formal design reviews before drafting a binding interlocal agreement. — Randy Moll, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

What keeps them in contention is their attention to detail in drafting players and developing talent. — Ken Makin, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2026

Exod With help from stakes and guy lines, the air beams then hold the tent fabric high and taut, creating a voluminous cabin ready to house a tactical table and everyone who has a stake in drafting the master plan. — New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026

The ultra-Orthodox have traditionally been exempt from military service, but in 2024, Israel's Supreme Court ruled that in the absence of any law legalizing the exemption, the military must start drafting them. — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Moncler minted a trio of icons by drafting Cher, Grace Jones and Jennie to star in a new campaign to promote the luxury fashion house’s new Re/Icons collection. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026