Synonyms of shaping

shaping

verb

present participle of shape

1

as in adjusting

to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation

a dress shaped to the customer's particular figure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjusting
• adapting
• tailoring
• conforming
• putting
• suiting
• editing
• customizing
• preparing
• fitting
• fashioning
• transforming
• conditioning
• altering
• accommodating
• acclimating
• modifying
• bending
• matching
• acclimatizing
• doctoring
• modeling
• establishing
• tuning
• readjusting
• converting
• regulating
• correcting
• equipping
• orienting
• remaking
• patterning
• revising
• reworking
• harmonizing
• training
• hardening
• redesigning
• orientating
• attuning
• gearing
• readapting
• reclaiming
• squaring
• recasting
• reinventing
• refashioning
• modelling
• rooting
• toughening
• priming
• settling
• familiarizing
• remodeling
• recycling
• refocusing
• acquainting
• revamping
• reengineering
• rigging
• redoing
• refiguring
• rehearsing
• readying
• accustoming
• redeveloping
• habituating
• inuring
• fine-tuning
• refitting
• habilitating
• rejiggering
• phasing
• seasoning
• naturalizing
• registering
• making over
• fiddling (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misadjusting

• misadjusting

2

as in planning

to work out the details of (something) in advance

over the winter the committee shaped the company's new marketing strategy

Synonyms & Similar Words

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