Synonyms of framing

framing 1 of 2

noun

ˈfrā-miŋ 

as in structure

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form

the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• structure
• framework
• architecture
• frame
• infrastructure
• fabric
• skeleton
• shell
• configuration
• shape
• edifice
• armature
• network
• outline
• cadre
• lattice
• cage
• contour
• profile
• silhouette
• figure
• chassis

framing

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verb

present participle of frame

1

as in producing

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• making
• manufacturing
• creating
• constructing
• fashioning
• forming
• building
• assembling
• fabricating
• crafting
• shaping
• organizing
• structuring
• putting together
• molding
• erecting
• designing
• rearing
• establishing
• raising
• forging
• inventing
• originating
• making up
• devising
• setting up
• throwing up
• visualizing
• instituting
• handcrafting
• imagining
• knocking out
• hewing
• prefabricating
• patching (together)
• putting up
• picturing
• conceiving
• remaking
• contriving
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• concocting
• envisaging
• minting
• refashioning
• fathering
• cobbling (together or up)
• remanufacturing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• disassembling
• flattening
• wrecking
• abolishing
• eradicating
• extinguishing
• breaking up
• ruining
• devastating
• shattering
• smashing
• demolishing
• exterminating
• taking apart
• annihilating
• pulverizing
• dismembering
• exploding
• razing
• blowing up

2

as in negotiating

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care

a composer framing the structure of a song

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negotiating
• manipulating
• arranging
• plotting
• engineering
• maneuvering
• managing
• contriving
• concluding
• masterminding
• finessing
• wangling
• finagling
• machinating
• concerting
• conducting
• handling
• hatching
• working out
• intriguing
• scheming
• hammering out
• directing
• concocting
• conniving
• brewing
• angling (for)
• compassing
• cooking (up)
• commanding
• gerrymandering
• running
• quarterbacking
• captaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blowing
• butchering
• mangling
• fumbling
• bungling
• mishandling
• botching
• messing (up)
• gumming (up)
• bobbling
• muffing
• flubbing
• lousing up

3

as in preparing

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• composing
• drafting
• writing
• formulating
• crafting
• casting
• drawing up
• putting together
• shaping
• molding
• making
• building
• fashioning
• forming
• constructing
• fabricating
• wording
• stating
• assembling
• devising
• expressing
• reframing
• penning
• authoring
• phrasing
• conceiving
• couching
• sculpturing
• verbalizing
• concocting
• compounding
• piecing (together)
• inditing
• reformulating
• redrafting

4

as in planning

to work out the details of (something) in advance

framed a schedule for the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planning
• designing
• preparing
• organizing
• arranging
• plotting
• calculating
• shaping
• outlining
• projecting
• devising
• charting
• budgeting
• choreographing
• drafting
• mapping (out)
• blueprinting
• laying out
• contemplating
• scheming (out)
• strategizing (about)
• sketching
• intriguing
• figuring
• intending
• contriving
• conspiring
• meaning
• concerting
• aiming
• machinating
• getting up
• having on
• meditating
• premeditating
• putting up

5

as in bordering

to serve as a border for

trees framed the walkway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bordering
• bounding
• surrounding
• edging
• skirting
• rimming
• defining
• fringing
• encircling
• margining
• trimming
• outlining
• tracing
• enclosing
• demarcating
• circling
• sketching
• hemming
• looping
• restricting
• circumscribing
• delineating
• limiting
• rounding
• silhouetting
• confining
• walling
• ringing
• controlling
• curbing
• restraining
• environing
• checking
• girthing
• girdling
• compassing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of framing

Noun

Schacter’s framing, to take friendship concerns seriously rather than minimizing them, points the same way. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

That may make the situation moot, as construction of the ballroom, replacing the East Wing of the White House, is well underway, with the framing of the structure visibly rising on the White House grounds. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

Verb

In fact, it is rooted in the same rhetoric as the black box metaphor, which similarly blurs the complex aspects of AI by framing inner workings as confined and unintelligible. — Trent Wintermeier, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026

Indeed, the architecture can respond to the landscape, framing the valley and adjacent mountains in whatever way best suits the owner’s vision. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026