Synonyms of drawing

drawing 1 of 2

noun

ˈdrȯ(-)iŋ 

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

Examples of drawing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Pick 3 0-1-4 Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here. —Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2024

Lee is known for integrating cutting edge technology into various media, including video art, installation art, sculpture, painting and drawing. —Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

The Powerball Double Play drawing takes place between 11:30 and 11:40 p.m. —Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2024

Pollock will debut with Kasmin this October at Frieze Masters, where a selection of his early drawings (1939–1943) will be for sale. —Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024

Phrases Containing drawing

• drawing out