Synonyms of draw up

draw up

verb

1

as in to stop

to bring (something) to a standstill

he drew up his horse outside the tavern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stop
• halt
• catch
• stall
• pull up
• check
• stay
• arrest
• block
• hold up
• bring up
• fetch up
• still
• hinder
• hold back
• hold
• suspend
• cut off
• impede
• end
• stem
• obstruct
• conclude
• turn back
• snag
• dam
• balk
• detain
• clog
• terminate
• rein (in)
• suppress
• choke off
• discontinue
• blockade
• baffle
• bottleneck
• call
• repress
• squelch
• stunt
• squash
• stanch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keep (on)
• carry on
• continue
• run on
• keep up
• persist
• proceed
• move
• progress
• go along
• advance
• march
• follow through (with)
• fare
• push
• drive
• stir
• spur
• propel
• budge
• wend
• actuate
• goad
• impel

2

as in to classify

to put into a particular arrangement

drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classify
• arrange
• organize
• order
• lay out
• dispose
• array
• range
• systematize
• codify
• place
• marshal
• make up
• straighten (up)
• groom
• set out
• tidy (up)
• display
• align
• sequence
• spruce (up)
• file
• line up
• line
• prioritize
• set
• hierarchize
• queue
• cue
• map (out)
• unscramble
• alphabetize
• emplace

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• upset
• disarray
• mess (up)
• disarrange
• disorder
• derange
• muss (up)
• rumple

3

as in to prepare

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

• prepare
• compose
• draft
• write
• put together
• cast
• craft
• formulate
• frame
• make
• build
• shape
• form
• word
• phrase
• sculpture
• pen
• express
• state
• author
• mold
• devise
• construct
• fashion
• assemble
• couch
• fabricate
• conceive
• verbalize
• compound
• piece (together)
• concoct
• reformulate
• indite
• reframe
• redraft

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of draw up

Now a salesperson can type in what a customer wants, such as products, quantities, delivery options and available discounts, and Roadrunner’s multi-agentic system draws up a customer quote in minutes. — Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Some agreements have already been signed, while others are being drawn up. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Inside, the blueprint for the rooms, which was drawn up in 1929, is much the same, though with some welcome contemporary additions like coffee machines and vast TVs. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 July 2026

With its forces on high alert, Israel is drawing up operational plans for a further escalation in the US-Iran conflict, three Israeli sources said, but for now remains on the sidelines and has no imminent plans to join. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 21 July 2026