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

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

The idea of embedding external evaluators inside companies has been mostly well-received by the industry, but some critics questioned how independent the assessors could be and how the evaluation standards would be drawn up. — Kaitlyn Huamani, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

This is about as strong a start as LSU fans could have drawn up for the Kiffin era. — Seth Emerson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Several also criticized the way the plan was drawn up and executed. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Judges would be required to examine whether an agency’s project approval was supported by substantial evidence, but wouldn’t be able to take competing environmental studies drawn up by the opposition into account. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

It's also been two months since a memorandum of understanding to end it was drawn up with Tehran. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Aug. 2026

The county would then get a contract drawn up, and the contract would be reviewed before both parties sign. — Idaho Statesman, 12 Aug. 2026

Understand there had yet to be a plan drawn up as to what the space would look like once complete. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026