Synonyms of drawing up

drawing up

verb

present participle of draw up

1

as in stopping

to bring (something) to a standstill

he drew up his horse outside the tavern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stopping
• halting
• stalling
• pulling up
• catching
• bringing up
• holding up
• checking
• blocking
• fetching up
• arresting
• staying
• holding back
• cutting off
• hindering
• stilling
• suspending
• holding
• turning back
• ending
• impeding
• obstructing
• stemming
• reining (in)
• snagging
• concluding
• detaining
• clogging
• blockading
• choking off
• baffling
• balking
• damming
• terminating
• bottlenecking
• discontinuing
• suppressing
• stunting
• repressing
• calling
• squashing
• squelching
• stanching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• keeping (on)
• carrying on
• running on
• keeping up
• continuing
• going along
• persisting
• following through (with)
• moving
• proceeding
• progressing
• advancing
• marching
• pushing
• faring
• driving
• stirring
• actuating
• propelling
• spurring
• wending
• impelling
• goading
• budging

2

as in classifying

to put into a particular arrangement

drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• classifying
• arranging
• organizing
• ordering
• laying out
• disposing
• ranging
• making up
• straightening (up)
• codifying
• systematizing
• lining up
• tidying (up)
• placing
• marshaling
• grooming
• arraying
• setting out
• sprucing (up)
• mapping (out)
• aligning
• filing
• lining
• displaying
• sequencing
• queuing
• prioritizing
• cuing
• hierarchizing
• setting
• alphabetizing
• unscrambling
• emplacing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• messing (up)
• mussing (up)
• upsetting
• disordering
• disarranging
• deranging
• rumpling
• disarraying

3

as in preparing

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

• preparing
• composing
• drafting
• putting together
• writing
• crafting
• formulating
• casting
• framing
• making
• shaping
• piecing (together)
• building
• forming
• molding
• stating
• wording
• expressing
• fabricating
• constructing
• fashioning
• penning
• assembling
• authoring
• devising
• verbalizing
• concocting
• conceiving
• sculpturing
• phrasing
• compounding
• couching
• reframing
• inditing
• reformulating
• redrafting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drawing up

As much as Netflix has been making moves to incorporate AI, the company has been cautious too, drawing up guidelines last August for the usage of generative-AI tools in its productions. — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

But the real test now is drawing up an equivalent blueprint for Bangladesh, where Epic Group still remains deeply entrenched. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 June 2026

The winning play was prefaced by Raptors assistant Amar Batra drawing up a play for Baron, whom Edina had been guarding with a short-stick defender. — Tris Wykes, Twin Cities, 9 June 2026

Some medical clinics advertise microdosing Zepbound by drawing up less than the full amount in the single-use vial, but this has not been studied, and there is a risk of contaminating the vial by using it more than once. — Jody Dushay, STAT, 29 May 2026

His Interior Department has lifted Biden-era restrictions barring drilling across much of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska and is now drawing up plans to streamline permitting for oil projects in the territory. — Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Fortune, 24 May 2026

The club deny drawing up a shortlist. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 May 2026

Senator Lisa Murkowski, that Republican of Alaska, who's one of the more notable folks up here on the Hill on the GOP side about criticizing the war in Iran, has floated in conversations with reporters in the hallway here the possibility of drawing up an AUMF and putting it up for a vote. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 May 2026

Armenians at home and in the diaspora voiced their outrage at the friendly message, drawing up grievances and cursing the government, often with expletives. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026