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

If the plans for a statue haven't already been drawn up, start sharpening those pencils. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026

The shortlist is drawn up by FIFA’s technical study group and then members of the media vote to decide the winners of these trophies. — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 17 July 2026

But the blueprints being drawn up in Austin, Munich, London and Washington right now will decide whether robots become colleagues or competitors. — Dr. Adil Dalal, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

The concept as drawn up would open up traffic passage and, in fact, feed into freer movement through an area soon to open an entertainment district and revitalized riverfront trail. — Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026

Keller Williams has drawn up a rendering and cost estimate for a pool to sit in the natural landscape. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 27 June 2026

When a home is bought or sold, a deed is legally drawn up to reflect the transfer of ownership. — Donovan McCarty, The Conversation, 22 June 2026

YouTube, TikTok, and other major video-sharing platforms will be told to carry public service content prominently under new legislation being drawn up by the UK government. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 22 June 2026

New parks and trails are being built, and major plans to connect the waterway with the metro Atlanta region are being drawn up, thanks to decades of work by organizations like Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, a nonprofit dedicated to cleaning up the river and monitoring the condition of its water. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026