Synonyms of drawing

drawing 1 of 2

noun

as in sketch

a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene

with an economy of lines, he created a vivid drawing of the tree

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sketch
• portrait
• illustration
• depiction
• cartoon
• image
• outline
• delineation
• representation
• caricature
• contour
• silhouette
• engraving
• etching
• watercolor
• doodle
• figure
• likeness
• charcoal
• blueprint
• pastel
• line drawing
• etch
• aquatint

drawing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of draw

1

as in picturing

to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface

see if you can draw the bowl of fruit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• picturing
• sketching
• penciling
• outlining
• cartooning
• caricaturing
• inking
• pencilling
• scribbling
• profiling
• scrawling
• crayoning

2

as in pulling

to cause to follow by applying steady force on

draw a chair up to the fire and sit with us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pulling
• hauling
• dragging
• tugging
• towing
• lugging
• attracting
• carrying
• haling
• heaving
• moving
• yanking
• conveying
• jerking
• transporting
• ferrying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pushing
• driving
• propelling
• thrusting
• shoving

3

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words

a writer who draws characters with lifelike clarity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• depicting
• portraying
• painting
• sketching
• rendering
• illustrating
• setting out
• picturing
• characterizing
• delineating
• defining
• recounting
• limning
• outlining
• representing
• summarizing
• imaging
• relating
• displaying
• showing
• tracing
• exhibiting
• reporting
• narrating
• telling
• labeling
• demonstrating
• reciting
• labelling
• suggesting
• qualifying
• hinting
• drafting
• rehearsing
• summing up
• silhouetting
• touching off
• redescribing
• reimaging
• vignetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coloring
• distorting
• twisting
• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• warping
• misstating
• perverting
• garbling
• misdescribing

4

as in winning

to receive as return for effort

draws a hefty weekly salary

Synonyms & Similar Words

• winning
• earning
• gaining
• reaping
• making
• getting
• garnering
• obtaining
• capturing
• securing
• landing
• realizing
• acquiring
• attaining
• procuring
• carrying
• bringing in
• achieving
• pulling down
• bagging
• knocking down
• coming by
• scoring
• accumulating
• accomplishing
• netting
• grossing
• amassing
• occupying
• catching
• regaining
• clearing
• recapturing
• notching (up)
• remaking
• taking over
• annexing
• racking up
• picking up
• reacquiring
• reattaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• paying
• giving
• according
• granting
• forfeiting
• yielding
• giving up
• surrendering
• relinquishing
• parting (with)
• handing over

5

as in removing

to take away from a place or position

draw her aside so we can ask a quick question

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• withdrawing
• pulling
• taking out
• extracting
• clearing
• moving
• dislodging
• abstracting
• shifting
• cutting
• drawing off
• drawing out
• transposing
• transferring
• displacing
• demounting
• disturbing
• dislocating
• budging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• putting
• placing
• positioning
• mounting
• securing
• setting
• clamping
• fixing
• anchoring
• mooring
• embedding
• hitching
• sticking
• lodging
• rooting
• imbedding
• implanting
• intrenching
• entrenching
• siting
• setting up
• situating
• engraining
• ingraining

6

as in cleaning

to take the internal organs out of

hated the thought of having to pluck and draw a goose before cooking it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cleaning
• removing
• extracting
• cutting
• excising
• eviscerating
• gutting
• disemboweling
• withdrawing
• dressing
• transplanting
• yanking
• boning

7

as in forging

to shape with a hammer

drew the metal into a thin sheet by pounding it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forging
• carving
• fashioning
• pounding
• hammering
• molding
• working
• sculpting
• stamping
• cutting
• beating
• modeling
• modelling
• forming
• chasing
• patting
• kneading
• coining
• planishing
• chiseling
• hewing
• boasting
• sculpturing
• minting
• chiselling
• graving
• abating
• knapping

Phrases Containing drawing

• drawing out