Synonyms for design
dɪˈzaɪnde·sign

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 3 votes

1. design

   Design refers to the adaptation of means to an end, the correspondence and coordination of parts, or of separate acts, to produce a result; intent and purpose overleap all particulars, and fasten on the end itself. Intention is simply the more familiar form of the legal and philosophical intent. Plan relates to details of form, structure, and action, in themselves; design considers these same details all as a means to an end. The plan of a campaign may be for a series of sharp attacks, with the design of thus surprising and overpowering the enemy. A man comes to a fixed intention to kill his enemy; he forms a plan to entrap him into his power, with the design of then compassing his death; as the law can not read the heart, it can only infer the intent from the evidences of design. Intent denotes a straining, stretching forth toward an object; purpose simply the placing it before oneself; hence, we speak of the purpose rather than the intent or intention of God. We hold that the marks of design in nature prove it the work of a great Designer. Intention contemplates the possibility of failure; purpose looks to assured success; intent or intention refers especially to the state of mind of the actor; purpose to the result of the action. Compare AIM; CAUSE; IDEA; MODEL.

   Synonyms:
   aim, device, end, end, final cause, intent, intention, object, plan, project, proposal, purpose, scheme

   Preposition:
   The design of defrauding; the design of a building; a design for a statue.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.6 / 10 votes

1. designverb

   Synonyms:
   contemplate, pur, pose, intend, plan, prepare, project

   Antonyms:
   hit, risk, guess, conjecture, chance, fluke, misconceive, miscontrive

2. designnoun

   Synonyms:
   contemplation, pur pose, intention, plan, preparation draft, delineation, sketch, drawing, artifice, cunning, artfulness, guile, contrivance, intent, project, scheme

   Antonyms:
   execution, performance, result, issue, construction, structure, candor, fairness, openness, artlessness, sincerity, simplicity, change, incident

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. design, designingnoun

   the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)

   "he contributed to the design of a new instrument"

   Synonyms:
   purpose, blueprint, excogitation, innovation, designing, intention, figure, aim, pattern, plan, invention, intent, conception

2. design, plannoun

   an arrangement scheme

   "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"

   Synonyms:
   intention, aim, program, figure, designing, programme, plan, excogitation, conception, pattern, blueprint, intent, invention, architectural plan, innovation, purpose

3. blueprint, design, patternnoun

   something intended as a guide for making something else

   "a blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt"

   Synonyms:
   intention, aim, form, approach pattern, figure, designing, formula, rule, radiation pattern, practice, plan, excogitation, conception, pattern, blueprint, traffic pattern, radiation diagram, intent, invention, convention, shape, innovation, normal, purpose

4. design, pattern, figurenoun

   a decorative or artistic work

   "the coach had a design on the doors"

   Synonyms:
   image, figure, intention, flesh, formula, frame, shape, traffic pattern, fig, figure of speech, chassis, approach pattern, physical body, trope, radiation diagram, soma, innovation, rule, human body, blueprint, radiation pattern, conception, excogitation, purpose, form, physique, plan, designing, aim, public figure, invention, number, convention, practice, digit, normal, bod, intent, name, pattern, anatomy, material body, build

5. purpose, intent, intention, aim, designnoun

   an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

   "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"

   Synonyms:
   intention, objective, use, determination, aim, designing, figure, role, purport, function, excogitation, conception, pattern, spirit, blueprint, object, intent, invention, target, innovation, bearing, purpose, plan, heading

6. designnoun

   a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something

   "the design of a building"

   Synonyms:
   purpose, blueprint, excogitation, innovation, designing, intention, figure, aim, pattern, plan, invention, intent, conception

7. invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, designverb

   the creation of something in the mind

   Synonyms:
   intention, foundation, initiation, instauration, introduction, construct, designing, figure, creation, plan, excogitation, conception, aim, intent, blueprint, institution, founding, innovation, pattern, invention, origination, concept, purpose

8. plan, project, contrive, designverb

   make or work out a plan for; devise

   "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"

   Synonyms:
   throw, see, protrude, visualize, figure, excogitate, jut, forge, propose, cast, externalise, plan, image, project, devise, fancy, visualise, stick out, invent, contrive, send off, picture, envision, jut out, externalize, formulate, be after

9. designverb

   plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect

   "This room is not designed for work"

   Synonyms:
   project, plan, contrive

10. designverb

    create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner

    "Chanel designed the famous suit"

    Synonyms:
    project, plan, contrive

11. design, planverb

    make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form

    "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum"

    Synonyms:
    project, plan, contrive, be after

12. designverb

    create designs

    "Dupont designs for the house of Chanel"

    Synonyms:
    project, plan, contrive

13. designverb

    conceive or fashion in the mind; invent

    "She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day"

    Synonyms:
    project, plan, contrive

14. designverb

    intend or have as a purpose

    "She designed to go far in the world of business"

    Synonyms:
    project, plan, contrive

Matched Categories

1. • Arrangement
   • Conceive
   • Create
   • Create By Mental Act
   • Creating By Mental Acts
   • Intend
   • Plan
   • Sketch

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1. designverb

   Synonyms:
   project, plan, devise, contrive, scheme, concoct, brew, purpose, intend, mean, propose to one's self, have in view

2. designverb

   Synonyms:
   draw, delineate, sketch, describe, trace out

3. designnoun

   Synonyms:
   intention, intent, purpose, project, plan, device, scheme, proposal, aim, intent, meaning, purport, drift, scope, object, mark

4. designnoun

   Synonyms:
   sketch, drawing, outline, delineation, plan, draught

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. designnoun

   Synonyms:
   sketch, draught, outline, plan, scheme, intention, purpose, project, intent, aim

   Associated words:
   teleology, teleologist, teleological

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1. List of paraphrases for "design":

   layout, designing, conception, designs, designed, devise, drawings, concept, drawing, develop, formulation, model, styling, conceive, devising, concepción, development, designer, calculation, elaboration, determination, style, planning, conceptualization, dimensioning, conceiving, vision, engineering, preparation, plan, formulate, construction

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1. Tony Leung:

   I started out in this business just hoping to make a living, but then I grew to learn the beauty of cheongsam, it's different from ethnic costumes like the kimono and hanbok, as cheongsam has a highly flexible design.

2. Linn Huang:

   While the products themselves are more iterative than revolutionary — same basic design — Apple's strategy in raising the spec ceiling should prove to be a prudent one, since 2015, the entire all-in-one category has contracted each year. A continued shift toward mobility has been a primary inhibitor for this form factor, but options and economics play a large role as well.

3. Justin Humphreys:

   We believe Nest will appeal to an audience who appreciate the iconic history of the Airstream brand and who value modern design.

4. Robert A. Heinlein:

   A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, cone a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

5. Meghan Markle:

   If you look at a lot of her outfits, she's very trendy. I didn't think she would be wearing a lot of poofy things. She seems to be more sophisticated. So I just kept mine an A-line design with lace.