FRAMES Synonyms: 257 Similar and Opposite Words

frames 1 of 2

noun

plural of frame

as in frameworks

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form now that the frame has been built, we have a better idea of the size of our new house

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as in shapes

the type of body that a person has a tall man with a big frame

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as in edges

the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something a white curtain with a blue frame

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frames

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of frame

as in produces

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers

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as in negotiates

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care a composer framing the structure of a song

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as in composes

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form you'll need to frame your argument well if you're going to win the debate

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as in plans

to work out the details of (something) in advance framed a schedule for the project

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as in borders

to serve as a border for trees framed the walkway

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Recent Examples of frames

Noun

Manai-Platt is adamant that her brand cannot expand faster than the workshops that produce its frames; scale only matters if the company can maintain the precision of the object and the integrity of its production. — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026 Nate Pearson and Steven Cruz combined to blank Arizona over the next three frames, but the Royals were unable to push a run across and the game went to extra innings. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026 Instead of being positioned before crisp backgrounds like static dioramas, they’re backed by blurry freeze frames that yearn to be in motion. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Roy frames love itself as a form of resistance for characters, who are punished for wanting things. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026 This is the grandmother of galleries with more than 2,300 paintings spanning the 13th to the 19th centuries, many in glorious gilt frames on fabulous flock wallpaper. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Tortoiseshell Tortoiseshell was big in the ‘90s mom fashion world, often appearing on sunglasses frames and hair accessories. — Tessa Cooper, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026 Less so these days with e-ink frames and everything being so digital now. — New Atlas, 6 Sep. 2026 Shipbuilding used to mean months of labor, custom wooden frames, and massive upfront tooling costs. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

Verb

Zeller frames this film as a love story, and is eager — if maybe not quite eager enough — to mine a meta-textual thrill from the casting of such a famous real-life couple to play house for him. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026 The palace directive keeps their formal royal titles in abeyance, frames their charitable work as private and leaves contentious security arrangements to police and a government panel. — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 None of that is exciting, but that is the difference between an organization that performs the symphony and one that frames the sheet music and hangs it in the lobby. — Larry Bomback, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Kirby Goidel, the Texas A&M political science professor who helps direct the Texas Pulse poll, draws a distinction that frames the whole race. — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 In his book, Guidara frames hospitality as a selfish pleasure. — Adam Reiner, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Sep. 2026 Public-health guidance still frames plain water as sufficient hydration for many users, which sits in tension with the personalized electrolyte marketing driving much of the category. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 2 Sep. 2026 What did Murdoch think of the play, which frames him and The Sun in a controversial light? — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 Familiar Alienware iconography frames the monitor’s stand, offering a hint of style on an otherwise clean, almost plain, design. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Alongside safety protocols, new liability frameworks are being looked at so that commercial nuclear ships can be insured at reasonable market rates.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
Models and orchestration frameworks are commoditizing rapidly.

— Gopi Duddi, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of frameworks

Noun

David Shnaiderov, who directs the Nuclear Quantum division at Quantum X Labs, pointed out that simulating particle transport is useless without a practical way to represent real physical shapes.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
If using a Satsuma, peel it by hand, remove any particularly thick, stringy bits or pieces of pith, and then cut it into similar shapes.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of shapes

Noun

Democratic socialists were largely confined to the outer edges of political discourse.

— Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
In the 1-out-of-n case, for example, solutions can be described as loops drawn on the edges of an n-dimensional cube that pass through every corner.

— Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of edges

Verb

As Zai’s doubts about the wedding fester, scratches begin to appear on her legs, apparently the work of the phantom bride, while the menacing of this spirit produces blemishes on her skin.

— Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
Malaysia needs 50,000 engineers but produces only 5,000 engineering graduates per year.

— Brian Wong, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of produces

Verb

The man composes his responses with the help of a manual that instructs him on which incoming string of Chinese characters should be answered with which other string of Chinese characters.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026
Agent authority composes dynamically.

— Harsh Singhal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of composes

Verb

Customer missions next Muon now plans to incorporate the flight data into further development of Starlight.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Muse is rolling out to adults in the US for free first, and Meta plans to add the agent to its AI smart glasses soon, but didn’t provide a timeline or specify which agentic features this would involve.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2026