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

That framing, blanket as functional substitute rather than diluted imitation, is what researchers need before designing longer trials. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026

Workers put up wood framing for a home under construction at the Lilac Ridge community by Lennar Homes in Vacaville, California, July 14, 2026. — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

Verb

Sylvain Cordier, Paul Mellon curator and head of European art at the VMFA, described Hedges and Rows, made around 1960-61, as an early exploration of flowers framing yellow sapphires. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Much of the original building, when constructed in 1978, was built by members of the bricklaying, painting and framing trades. — Jordan Burrows, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026