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

But there’s nothing stopping them from drafting a long-term upgrade. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

In 1765 Catherine the Great, the Empress of Russia, began drafting the Nakaz, or constitution, to proclaim her sovereignty and guarantee her subjects liberty and equality. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Synthesizing Siloed Insights Into Cohesive Brand Narratives Beyond drafting content, AI’s greatest value for brand leaders is cross-organizational synthesis. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Teams have tanked for decades—the controversy has been a part of basketball discourse since at least 1984, when the Houston Rockets were accused of throwing their season to improve their shot at drafting the great center Hakeem Olajuwon. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

Local governments and Congress are drafting legislation to regulate the cameras’ use. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026

Missouri fourth-grade teacher Mandy Traub told USA TODAY that AI can be useful for drafting permission slips or generating lists of spelling words. — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Five years later, Hollander filed a class-action lawsuit against the Selective Service System drafting database for discriminating against women by prohibiting them from entering the draft. — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2026

That includes everything from shooting off an email to drafting a presentation to vibe coding custom apps. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026