Synonyms for draft
dræft, drɑftdraft

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1. draft

   A sketch is a rough, suggestive presentation of anything, whether graphic or literary, commonly intended to be preliminary to a more complete or extended treatment. An outline gives only the bounding or determining lines of a figure or a scene; a sketch may give not only lines, but shading and color, but is hasty and incomplete. The lines of a sketch are seldom so full and continuous as those of an outline, being, like the shading or color, little more than indications or suggestions according to which a finished picture may be made; the artist's first representation of a sunset, the hues of which change so rapidly, must of necessity be a sketch. Draft and plan apply especially to mechanical drawing, of which outline, sketch, and drawing are also used; a plan is strictly a view from above, as of a building or machine, giving the lines of a horizontal section, originally at the level of the ground, now in a wider sense at any height; as, a plan of the cellar; a plan of the attic. A mechanical drawing is always understood to be in full detail; a draft is an incomplete or unfinished drawing; a design is such a preliminary sketch as indicates the object to be accomplished or the result to be attained, and is understood to be original. One may make a drawing of any well-known mechanism, or a drawing from another man's design; but if he says, "The design is mine," he claims it as his own invention or composition. In written composition an outline gives simply the main divisions, and in the case of a sermon is often called a skeleton; a somewhat fuller suggestion of illustration, treatment, and style is given in a sketch. A lawyer's brief is a succinct statement of the main facts involved in a case, and of the main heads of his argument on points of law, with reference to authorities cited; the brief has none of the vagueness of a sketch, being sufficiently exact and complete to form, on occasion, the basis for the decision of the court without oral argument, when the case is said to be "submitted on brief." Compare DESIGN.

   Synonyms:
   brief, design, drawing, outline, picture, plan, skeleton, sketch

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draftnoun

   Synonyms:
   copy, transfer, transcript, sketch, abstract, order, check

   Antonyms:
   original, deed, cash

2. draftverb

   Synonyms:
   draw, drain, exhaust

   Antonyms:
   supply, replenish, import

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. draft, bill of exchange, order of paymentnoun

   a document ordering the payment of money; drawn by one person or bank on another

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

2. draft, draughtnoun

   a current of air (usually coming into a chimney or room or vehicle)

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

3. draft, rough drawingnoun

   a preliminary sketch of a design or picture

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

4. draft, draught, potation, tipplenoun

   a serving of drink (usually alcoholic) drawn from a keg

   "they served beer on draft"

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

5. draft, draft copynoun

   any of the various versions in the development of a written work

   "a preliminary draft"; "the final draft of the constitution"

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

6. draft, draughtnoun

   the depth of a vessel's keel below the surface (especially when loaded)

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

7. draftnoun

   a regulator for controlling the flow of air in a fireplace

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

8. draft, draughtnoun

   a dose of liquid medicine

   "he took a sleeping draft"

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

9. conscription, muster, draft, selective servicenoun

   compulsory military service

   Synonyms:
   draught, potation, muster, swig, gulp, bill of exchange, selective service, conscription, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, draft copy, order of payment

10. gulp, draft, draught, swignoun

    a large and hurried swallow

    "he finished it at a single gulp"

    Synonyms:
    draught, potation, conscription, muster, gulp, bill of exchange, gulping, swig, tipple, drawing, rough drawing, selective service, draft copy, order of payment

11. draft, draught, drawingverb

    the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling

    Synonyms:
    draftsmanship, bill of exchange, draught, drawing, draft copy, muster, drafting, rough drawing, order of payment, tipple, lottery, conscription, gulp, swig, selective service, potation, drawing off

12. draft, outlineverb

    draw up an outline or sketch for something

    "draft a speech"

    Synonyms:
    draught, sketch, muster in, blueprint, adumbrate, outline, enlist, delineate, limn

13. enlist, draft, muster inverb

    engage somebody to enter the army

    Synonyms:
    draught, engage, enlist, outline, blueprint, muster in

14. blueprint, draft, draughtverb

    make a blueprint of

    Synonyms:
    muster in, blueprint, enlist, outline, draught

Matched Categories

1. • Authorship
   • Depth
   • Dose
   • Drink
   • Negotiable Instrument
   • Regulator
   • Swallow
   • Wind
   • Write

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draftnoun

   Synonyms:
   drawing, selection

2. draftnoun

   Synonyms:
   bill of exchange

3. draftnoun

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Draught.] outline, delineation, rough sketch, rough copy

4. draftverb

   Synonyms:
   detach, select

5. draftverb

   Synonyms:
   make an outline of, make a draft of, make a rough sketch of

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draftnoun

   Synonyms:
   drawing, draught, bill of exchange, delineation, sketch, current of air, conscript, conscription

   Associated words:
   conscript (one drafted)

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "draft":

   project, proposed, projects, bill, bills, proposal, proyecto, eraser, drafting, provisional, tentative, preliminary, projet, text

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. draft

   Synonyms:
   A dose or "potion"
   

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1. Wu Ping-jui:

   We cannot draft this law according to the way China wants things to be, ... President Tsai has said she will maintain the status quo. What that means for the DPP is that Taiwan has independent sovereignty and is not to be controlled by China.

2. Amy Rumpler:

   A lot of advertisers who were heavily invested in sports sponsorships before now are trying to figure out where to put those dollars, the National Football League Draft is basically the only sporting event happening right now.

3. Bill Vaughan:

   Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed.

4. Janos Lazar:

   The government will have no choice but to draft an economic growth action plan, in the next two or three months, the government will also have to look at how the economic growth figures in the approved 2016 budget will be met in light of, or as a result of the Volkswagen scandal.

5. Will Pierce:

   I'm thrilled that Josh is joining Draft Biden, biden supporters across the country know how close he was to Beau and his family. Josh joining the Draft Biden effort only increases the seriousness nature of what to date has been an enormously successful effort.