Definition for Design:

• To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

Synonyms for Design:

• adj.

  •structural (adjective)
  • architectural.

• n.

  •
  • delineation,
  • drawing,
  • configuration,
  • confusion,
  • preparation,
  • device,
  • outline,
  • tactic,
  • layout,
  • planning,
  • map,
  • tracery,
  • treatment,
  • composition,
  • arrangements,
  • sketch,
  • depiction,
  • agreement,
  • diagram,
  • study,
  • perspective,
  • tracing,
  • jumble,
  • prototype,
  • motif.
  •
  • agronomy,
  • agriculture,
  • acoustics,
  • archaeology,
  • architecture,
  • planned,
  • lay,
  • Anthropology,
  • work out,
  • archeology.
  •
  • check,
  • column,
  • chronology,
  • argyle,
  • set out,
  • articulation,
  • coloration,
  • lay out,
  • arabesque.
  •
  • mind.
  •
  • development.
  •
  • engineer,
  • personalise,
  • draw up.
  •act (noun)
  • designing.
  •artful conception (noun)
  • organization,
  • shape,
  • painting,
  • figure,
  • portrait.
  •by design (noun)
  • intentionally,
  • knowingly,
  • wittingly,
  • on purpose,
  • deliberately,
  • pointedly.
  •composition (noun)
  • makeup.
  •course of action (noun)
  • scheme.
  •design (noun)
  • conception,
  • intention,
  • innovation,
  • blueprint,
  • aim,
  • excogitation,
  • contrive,
  • invention,
  • project,
  • purpose,
  • intent.
  •discovery (noun)
  • formula.
  •expectation (noun)
  • likelihood.
  •fine arts (noun)
  • visual arts.
  •idea (noun)
  • ideation,
  • opinion,
  • notion,
  • thought,
  • inkling,
  • perception,
  • observation,
  • inspiration,
  • supposition,
  • brainstorm,
  • principle,
  • reflection,
  • consideration,
  • theory,
  • concept,
  • vision,
  • image.
  •intention (noun)
  • contemplation,
  • machination,
  • plot,
  • intrigue,
  • target,
  • Conation,
  • object,
  • setup,
  • animus,
  • gimmick,
  • recipe,
  • purport,
  • volition,
  • proposition,
  • play,
  • what's cooking,
  • objective,
  • child,
  • undertaking,
  • trick,
  • will,
  • story,
  • thinking,
  • lay of the land,
  • Intendment,
  • enterprise,
  • goal,
  • premeditation,
  • conspiracy,
  • action,
  • deliberation,
  • brainchild,
  • angle,
  • big picture,
  • pitch,
  • scene,
  • scenario.
  •lineup (noun)
  • lineup.
  •map (noun)
  • plat.
  •method (noun)
  • systematization,
  • orderliness.
  •methods (noun)
  • methodology.
  •on purpose (noun)
  • with intent,
  • purposely.
  •outline (noun)
  • prospectus.
  •resolve (noun)
  • fixed purpose.
  •workmanship (noun)
  • workmanship.

• v.

  •create, conceive (verb)
  • dream up,
  • fabricate,
  • make up,
  • cook up.
  •imagine (verb)
  • envision,
  • ideate,
  • suppose,
  • perceive,
  • imagine,
  • theorize,
  • fantasize,
  • consider,
  • opine,
  • think,
  • observe,
  • reflect.
  •intend, mean to do (verb)
  • prepare,
  • tailor,
  • make.
  •order (verb)
  • fix,
  • unsnarl,
  • right,
  • sift,
  • class,
  • rate,
  • maintain,
  • organize,
  • classify,
  • normalize,
  • sort,
  • mediate,
  • program,
  • support,
  • rationalize,
  • score,
  • schedule,
  • balance,
  • array,
  • screen,
  • regulate,
  • stratify,
  • orchestrate,
  • pigeonhole,
  • place,
  • subordinate,
  • marshal,
  • control,
  • integrate,
  • grade,
  • separate,
  • unify,
  • Methodize,
  • structure,
  • categorize,
  • group,
  • stabilize,
  • form,
  • rank,
  • set,
  • order,
  • type,
  • collate,
  • settle,
  • adjust.
  •plan (verb)
  • coordinate,
  • expect,
  • premeditate,
  • anticipate.
  •plan, outline (verb)
  • achieve,
  • delineate,
  • perform,
  • fashion,
  • describe,
  • trace,
  • block out,
  • accomplish,
  • execute,
  • sketch out,
  • effect,
  • fulfill.

Antonyms for Design:

• n.

  • intention
    inactivity, idleness.
  • sketch, draft
    disorganization, being.
  • Other antonyms:
    avoidance, heedlessness, purposelessness, negligence, means, thoughtlessness, carelessness, aimlessness, neglect, way, method, oversight.

• v.

  • create, conceive
    wreck, demolish.
  • intend, mean to do
    disregard, refuse, deny.
  • plan, outline
    confuse, ignore, abandon, break, ruin, mix up, fail, destroy, miss, forget, disorder, disorganize, neglect.

Homophones for Design:

• dusicyon, discussion, dodecagon, doeskin, dexone, deaccession, dijon, dudgeon, dioxin, Duke Wayne, dot com, daikon, dysomia, da gamma, Day Jessamine, dozen, dicksonia, diegueno, deskman, dagan, discina, dismay, dkm, daoism, daisy-chain, dizen, dagame, diocesan, disunion, dogma, dagon, disjoin, decagon, decuma, disown, dietician, dot-com, dasheen, decision, daisy chain, djinni, dawson, dysosmia, dodgem, diazonium, deism, dodgson, digoxin, decennium, dioecian, dadaism, dissuasion, day game, djinny, dig in, dacninae, disney, Dutch Guiana, dutchman, deacon, deign.

Hypernym for Design:

• n.

  • act
    planning.
  • cognition
    constellation, snare, configuration, layout, trap, meal plan, hotel plan.

• v.

  • creation
    cut, engineer, draught, blueprint, redesign, draft, make up, tailor.

Hyponym for Design:

• n.

  • act
    creating by mental acts.
  • artifact
    study, sketch.
  • cognition
    organisation, organization, system, arrangement.

• v.

  • cognition
    destine, intend, think, mean, designate, specify.
  • creation
    conceptualise, create by mental act, create, conceive, create mentally, conceptualize, make, gestate.