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

An extensive proposal for the Under-15 competition, which was planned to be for boys only in its first year, was drawn up by businessmen including Juan Carlos Rodríguez, the former Mexico Football Federation commissioner. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 Aug. 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 school’s leadership quickly agreed the bulk of the Snap windfall would go into the endowment and a dedicated pool was drawn up to fund retention bonuses for teachers. — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 12 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

The plans for a new facility have been drawn up and hospital leaders are confident construction will be wrapped by the deadline. — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 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

The borough itself has tried to save the atom smasher with plans drawn up to move it down the street next to the borough building. — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 30 July 2026