Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun drafting

3 senses of drafting

Sense 1
drafting -- (writing a first version to be filled out and polished later)
       => writing, authorship, composition, penning -- (the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship")

Sense 2
drafting, mechanical drawing -- (the craft of drawing blueprints)
       => trade, craft -- (the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice")

Sense 3
drawing, draftsmanship, drafting -- (the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father")
       => art, artistic creation, artistic production -- (the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb draft

3 senses of draft

Sense 1
draft, outline -- (draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech")
       => write, compose, pen, indite -- (produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels")

Sense 2
enlist, draft, muster in -- (engage somebody to enter the army)
       => enroll, inscribe, enter, enrol, recruit -- (register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members")

Sense 3
blueprint, draft, draught -- (make a blueprint of)
       => design, plan -- (make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form; "design a better mousetrap"; "plan the new wing of the museum")