Synonyms of drawn up

drawn up

verb

past participle of draw up

1

as in checked

to bring (something) to a standstill

he drew up his horse outside the tavern

Synonyms & Similar Words

• checked
• stopped
• stayed
• halted
• caught
• pulled up
• brought up
• stalled
• held up
• arrested
• held
• fetched up
• stilled
• held back
• ended
• cut off
• stemmed
• detained
• blocked
• turned back
• hindered
• snagged
• obstructed
• baffled
• balked
• suspended
• clogged
• impeded
• concluded
• terminated
• dammed
• blockaded
• reined (in)
• called
• discontinued
• choked off
• bottlenecked
• suppressed
• stunted
• squashed
• repressed
• squelched
• stanched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kept (on)
• carried on
• continued
• run on
• persisted
• kept up
• moved
• proceeded
• advanced
• progressed
• marched
• pushed
• gone along
• followed through (with)
• fared
• driven
• stirred
• spurred
• propelled
• actuated
• impelled
• wended
• goaded
• budged

2

as in organized

to put into a particular arrangement

drew up the troops into a line along the ridge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• organized
• ordered
• arranged
• marshaled
• laid out
• classified
• disposed
• ranged
• codified
• systematized
• placed
• arrayed
• straightened (up)
• filed
• made up
• aligned
• set out
• cued
• groomed
• lined up
• spruced (up)
• mapped (out)
• lined
• displayed
• tidied (up)
• prioritized
• queued
• emplaced
• sequenced
• set
• unscrambled
• alphabetized
• hierarchized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• upset
• messed (up)
• mussed (up)
• disordered
• deranged
• disarranged
• rumpled
• disarrayed

3

as in composed

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

• composed
• prepared
• drafted
• written
• put together
• crafted
• formulated
• framed
• cast
• made
• expressed
• built
• formed
• shaped
• stated
• constructed
• molded
• fashioned
• devised
• fabricated
• sculptured
• worded
• authored
• conceived
• concocted
• penned
• phrased
• assembled
• couched
• compounded
• verbalized
• pieced (together)
• reformulated
• indited
• reframed
• redrafted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drawn up

But like some of the proposals before it, this one was drawn up without participation from the team. — Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

That action comes as part of a broader regional war in the Middle East that began when the United States and Israel attacked Iran in February 2026—and Iran has drawn up plans to potentially attack undersea cables if hostilities ramp up once again. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 28 Oct. 2026

The plan forms part of a public-private investment roadmap drawn up in July, which targets JPY20 trillion ($127 billion) in overseas sales by 2033. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

The line was drawn up under the 1953 armistice that stopped the fighting of the Korean War, and some decades-old boundary markers have been lost over time. — Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026

The Israeli Defense Forces and the United States military have drawn up plans to renew joint strikes on Iran in the coming weeks, according to two Israeli sources familiar with the plans. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

The criteria being drawn up reward how a garment is made rather than what it’s made from, and the discount needs to be big enough to change what brands actually buy. — Erik Lagerblad, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Tulsa visited Navy on Saturday, and the Golden Hurricane scored a touchdown that nobody could have drawn up. — Ryan Morik Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 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