Synonyms and Antonyms of draw up
1
to bring (something) to a standstill
- he drew up his horse outside the tavern
arrest, bring up, catch, check, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop
baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stem
conclude, cut off, end, terminate
call, discontinue, suspend
choke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch (or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back
carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run on
advance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wend
actuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir
2
to put into a particular arrangement
- drew up the troops into a line along the ridge
arrange, array, classify, codify, dispose, lay out, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, systematize
groom, make up, spruce (up), straighten (up), tidy (up)
unscramble
align (also aline), cue, line, line up, queue
alphabetize, file, hierarchize, prioritize, sequence
emplace, place, set
display, map (out), set out
3
to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form
- draw up a proposal and submit it to the committee for approval
fabricate, fashion, form, mold, sculpture, shape
couch, express, phrase, state, verbalize, word
author, indite, pen, write
conceive, concoct, devise
build, construct, make
assemble, compound, piece (together)
redraft, reformulate, reframe
