1. (verb)draw out cause to speak, "Can you draw her out--she is always so quiet" Synonyms: extend, prolong, pull up, educe, draw out, pull, suck out, evoke, extract, protract, aspirate, take out, pull out, elicit
2. (verb)prolong, protract, extend, draw out lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer Synonyms: evoke, widen, run, lead, continue, aspirate, elicit, poke out, extend, suck out, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, take out, educe, carry, pull out, go, stretch, protract, stretch forth, pass, keep up, reach out, pull up, unfold, exsert, gallop, expand, cover, prolong, strain, extract, sustain, hold out, pull, broaden
4. (verb)educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) Synonyms: kindle, express, evoke, arouse, put forward, distill, provoke, enkindle, suggest, paint a picture, stir, suck out, elicit, aspirate, conjure, extend, fire, distil, draw out, pull, take out, press out, conjure up, educe, kick up, protract, raise, calldown, pull up, call forth, invoke, derive, pull out, bring up, excerpt, prolong, extract
5. (verb)aspirate, draw out, suck out remove as if by suction Synonyms: educe, extend, prolong, pull up, protract, draw out, pull, evoke, extract, suck out, aspirate, take out, pull out, elicit
6. (verb)extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out, draw out remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense Synonyms: except, ask out, remove, leave out, express, evoke, pull in, draw up, attract, distill, overstretch, invite out, perpetrate, commit, prolong, take away, aspirate, move out, elicit, deplumate, force, rive, leave off, extend, suck out, distil, straighten up, pull, get out, take out, press out, educe, back down, root for, buy food, bow out, exclude, protract, draw out, back off, pluck, chicken out, deplume, pull up, withdraw, pull out, draw, draw off, excerpt, unpack, tear, rend, extract, draw in, rip, displume, haul up, omit
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'draw out'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. draw out To protract is to cause to occupy a longer time than is usual, expected, or desirable. We defer a negotiation which we are slow to enter upon; we protract a negotiation which we are slow to con Synonyms: protract, continue, delay, elongate, lengthen, procrastinate, defer, draw out, extend, postpone, prolong Antonyms: abbreviate, conclude, curtail, hurry, reduce, abridge, contract, hasten, limit, shorten