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

Several also criticized the way the plan was drawn up and executed. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Connexus allows borrowers to draw up to 90% of their home’s value. — Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Palau’s turn as host also comes as the summit’s leaders try once more to draw up a structure governing how other countries are permitted involvement in its meetings. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Drawing up a bubble screen lateral from your own 25, and the trusting that the receiver A) stays behind the line of scrimmage, and then B) gets the ball down field enough to give his guy a chance is such a ballsy play to draw up. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026