Design

//dɪˈzaɪn//

Synonyms for "design" (489 found)

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Closest matches (98)

blueprint invention plan purpose abstract art action aim aim at ambition anagnorisis angle animus approach architectonics architecture argument arrange arrangement art art form

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Noun(4 words)

blueprint plan aim conception

Strong matches (147)

Verb(1 words)

contrive

cook up copy counsel coup course craft crayon create creation crest crosshatch curve curve-ball cut out cute trick dash off daub deceit decoration decorative composition

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decorative style deliberation delineate delineation denouement depict desideration desideratum designing designs desire destine destiny detail determination determine develop development device devise diagram dirty deal dirty trick discover disposition dodge doodle dope out draft draftsmanship draught draughtsman draughty draw draw up drawing dream up drive at ebauche effect elevation engender engraving enterprise envisage envisagement envision episode esquisse etching evil intent evolve expectation expediency expedient fable fabricate fabrication fakement falling action fashion fast deal feint fetch ficelle figure figuring fine arts fixed purpose foil folk art forecast foreground detail foresight forethought forge form format formation formulate frame fugue form function gambit game game plan generate gimmick give being to give rise to go for goal googly graph graphic arts graphing grift grotesque ground plan grouping guideline guidelines harbor a design hatch have every intention hocus pocus hocus-pocus house plan ichnography idea import improvise incident intend intendment intent intention intrigue

Noun(8 words)

designing diagram dynamic excogitation figure innovation intent intention

Related words (244)

invent joker juggle jugglery kitsch knavery lay out lay plans layout lied form limn line line drawing lineup little game local color long-range plan machination make make a projection

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make arrangements make do make do with make up maneuver manipulation map map out mapping master master plan mastermind masterpiece masterwork mature mean meaning meditate method methodize methodology mind mint mobile model mood motif motive mould move movement museum piece mythos national style nisus nude object objective old master operations research organization organize originate ornamental motif outline paint paint a picture painterliness pass pastel pasticcio pastiche pattern pen-and-ink pencil pencil drawing period style peripeteia perspective photography picture picturize piece piece of virtu plan ahead planning planning function plastic art plot ploy point policy portray prearrange prearrangement primary form primitive art procedure procreate produce profile program program of action programme project projection proposal propose prospect prospectus prototype purport racket rationalization rationalize recognition red herring reflection repeated figure resolution resolve rising action rondo form rough rough copy rough draft rough outline ruse sake scenario schedule schema schematism schematization schematize scheme scheme of arrangement scratch script sculpture scumble scurvy trick seal secondary plot set out set up setting setup shade shading shadow shape shift silhouette silver-print drawing sinopia skeleton sketch sketch out slant sleight sleight of hand sleight-of-hand trick sonata allegro sonata form spawn stabile statue stencil still life story stratagem strategic plan strategy strike out striving structure study style subject subplot subterfuge switch symbol symphonic form system systematization systematize table tactic tactical plan tactics target taste technique the arts the big picture the picture thematic development theme think think of think out think up thinking thought tint toccata form tone topic touch trace tracing treatment trick trickery twist undertaking value values view vignette virtu visualize volition way wile will wily device work work of art work out work up working drawing working plan

Noun(7 words)

invention pattern plot project proposal purpose scheme

Verb(2 words)

plan project

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

32 entries

arrangement conceive conceptualise conceptualize create create by mental act create mentally creating by mental acts creative thinking creativeness creativity decoration designate destine end gestate

Showing 16 of 32 words.

More specific

45 entries

agenda architectural design backward design block design checklist computational design computer-aided design conspiracy contract-first design cradle-to-cradle design deception defensive design design by contract docket domain-driven design experimental design

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Antonyms

4 entries

chaos destroy random unplanned

Synonyms

4 entries

blueprint invention plan purpose

Related terms

1 entries

diagram

at location

1 entries

plate

derived

57 entries

a camel is a horse designed by a committee antidesign argument from design biodesign by design codesign design code design depth design fiction design flaw design language design load design pattern design release engineer design speed design system

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is a

8 entries

arrangement creating by mental acts decoration designing object specification sketch software development way of showing

manner of

4 entries

create create by mental act gestate intend

meronym

2 entries

action goal

related to

163 entries

abstract action aesthetically aesthetically made apple apple products appoint architect architect action architect job architect work architectural architectural drawing architectural plan architectural planning architectural style

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Translations

306 translations across 71 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

bedoeling noun (intention)
ontwerp noun (plan)
ontwerp noun (pattern)
ontwerp noun (appearance)

Albanian

1 entries

dizajn noun (art of designing)

Arabic

4 entries

تصميم noun (plan)
تَخْطِيط noun (plan)
تَصْمِيم noun (art of designing)
ديزاين noun (art of designing)

Armenian

3 entries

դիզայն noun (art of designing)
նախագիծ noun (plan)
նախագծել verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

dizayn noun (art of designing)

Bashkir

1 entries

ниәт noun (intention)

Belarusian

1 entries

дыза́йн noun (art of designing)

Bulgarian

4 entries

десе́н noun (pattern)
диза́йн noun (plan)
диза́йн noun (appearance)
диза́йн noun (art of designing)

Burmese

1 entries

ဒီဇိုင်း noun (art of designing)

Catalan

2 entries

disseny noun (plan)
dissenyar verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

圖案 /图案 noun (pattern)
圖樣 /图样 noun (pattern)
意圖 /意图 noun (intention)
打算 noun (intention)

Cornish

1 entries

desinya verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Czech

2 entries

design noun (art of designing)
návrh noun (plan)

Danish

1 entries

design noun (art of designing)

Dutch

4 entries

design noun (art of designing)
dessin noun (pattern)
ontwerp noun (plan)
ontwerp noun (art of designing)

Esperanto

2 entries

plano noun (plan)
projekto noun (intention)

Estonian

3 entries

disain noun (art of designing)
kavand noun (plan)
kavandama verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Finnish

4 entries

aie noun (intention)
aikomus noun (intention)
asetelma noun (composition)
design noun (pattern)

French

4 entries

conception noun (plan)
design noun (art of designing)
dessein noun (intention)
intention noun (intention)

Galician

2 entries

deseño noun (plan)
deseñar verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Georgian

4 entries

გეგმა noun (plan)
დიზაინი noun (pattern)
დიზაინი noun (art of designing)
კომპოზიცია noun (composition)

German

4 entries

Absicht noun (intention)
Design noun (plan)
Design noun (art of designing)
Entwurf noun (plan)

Greek

4 entries

σχέδιο noun (plan)
σχέδιο noun (pattern)
σχέδιο noun (art of designing)
σχεδιάζω verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Hebrew

1 entries

עיצוב noun (art of designing)

Hindi

2 entries

डिज़ाइन noun (plan)
डिज़ाइन noun (art of designing)

Hungarian

4 entries

arculat noun (appearance)
dizájn noun (appearance)
dizájn noun (art of designing)
elgondolás noun (intention)

Icelandic

2 entries

hönnun noun (plan)
hanna verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Indonesian

2 entries

desain noun (plan)
rancangan noun (plan)

Ingrian

1 entries

koosi noun (pattern)

Interlingua

1 entries

designar verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Irish

2 entries

dearadh noun (plan)
dear verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Italian

4 entries

design noun (plan)
design noun (pattern)
design noun (appearance)
design noun (art of designing)

Japanese

4 entries

デザイン noun (plan)
デザイン noun (pattern)
デザイン noun (art of designing)
意図 noun (intention)

Kazakh

1 entries

дизайн noun (art of designing)

Korean

4 entries

계획 noun (plan)
디자인 noun (plan)
디자인 noun (art of designing)
모습 noun (appearance)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

дизайн noun (art of designing)
шөкөт noun (plan)
шөкөт noun (pattern)

Ladino

1 entries

desen noun (plan)

Lao

2 entries

ລິງລາຽ noun (pattern)
ອອກແບບ verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Latvian

1 entries

dizains noun (art of designing)

Lithuanian

1 entries

dizainas noun (art of designing)

Lü

2 entries

ᦎᧂᧉᦞᦱᧆ verb (to plan an artwork etc.)
ᦶᦑᧅᦖᦻ verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Macedonian

3 entries

дизајн noun (art of designing)
нацрт noun (plan)
план noun (plan)

Malay

1 entries

reka bentuk noun (plan)

Maltese

2 entries

disinn noun (plan)
iddisinnja verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Mongolian

1 entries

дизайн noun (art of designing)

Māori

1 entries

hoahoa verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Navajo

1 entries

naʼashchʼąąʼ noun (pattern)

Occitan

2 entries

dessenh noun (intention)
intencion noun (intention)

Persian

4 entries

دیزاین noun (plan)
دیزاین noun (art of designing)
طراحی noun (plan)
طراحی noun (art of designing)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Plon noun (plan)
Plon noun (pattern)

Polish

4 entries

abrys noun (plan)
design noun (appearance)
design noun (art of designing)
dizajn noun (appearance)

Portuguese

4 entries

desenho noun (art of designing)
design noun (plan)
intenção noun (intention)
projeto noun (plan)

Quechua

1 entries

chantay verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Romanian

1 entries

design noun (art of designing)

Russian

4 entries

вне́шний вид noun (appearance)
диза́йн noun (plan)
диза́йн noun (pattern)
диза́йн noun (appearance)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

rùn noun (intention)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dizajn noun (pattern)
dizajn noun (art of designing)
intencija noun (intention)
mustra noun (pattern)

Shan

1 entries

ၸၼ်ႁၢင်ႈ verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Sindhi

2 entries

َجنسار noun (plan)
جنسارڻ verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Slovak

1 entries

dizajn noun (art of designing)

Slovene

2 entries

dizajn noun (art of designing)
oblikovanje noun (art of designing)

Spanish

4 entries

deseño (desus.) noun (intention)
designio noun (intention)
diseño noun (plan)
diseño noun (art of designing)

Swedish

4 entries

design noun (plan)
design noun (art of designing)
formgivning noun (art of designing)
formgivning noun (art of designing)

Tagalog

2 entries

antangan noun (plan)
antangan noun (pattern)

Tajik

1 entries

дизайн noun (art of designing)

Thai

3 entries

การออกแบบ noun (art of designing)
แบบ noun (pattern)
ออกแบบ verb (to plan an artwork etc.)

Turkish

4 entries

bileşim noun (composition)
desen noun (pattern)
dizayn noun (plan)
dizayn noun (art of designing)

Turkmen

1 entries

dizaýn noun (art of designing)

Ukrainian

4 entries

диза́йн noun (art of designing)
за́дум noun (intention)
за́мисел noun (intention)
за́мір noun (intention)

Uzbek

1 entries

dizayn noun (art of designing)

Vietnamese

1 entries

thiết kế noun (art of designing)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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It is true that he did it, whether by accident or by design.

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I hope to make clear why I think Emmet's theory, originally introduced in the field of design architecture, is so important in physics.

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I can't think about the design any more.

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First of all, we have to put your design to the test.

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