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

Without that rule, threatened species no longer get automatic protections and instead rely on agencies drawing up species-specific rules for each one, a process that can take years. — Timothy Randhir, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026

The Canadian Space Agency and MDA has also drawn up plans for a new Canadarm3, that was to be used for NASA's Gateway lunar space station, though that station project is stalled for now, NASA has said. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026

The sport’s economic model looks like it was drawn up on a cocktail napkin during the Taft administration, and collective bargaining is the right way to fix it. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2026

The idea of embedding external evaluators inside companies has been mostly well-received by the industry, but some critics questioned how independent the assessors could be and how the evaluation standards would be drawn up. — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026