Synonyms of drafting

drafting

verb

present participle of draft

1

as in recruiting

to pick especially for required military service

my grandfather was drafted to fight in a war that he opposed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recruiting
• enlisting
• levying
• conscripting
• conscribing
• enrolling
• volunteering
• impressing
• pressing
• calling up
• signing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• discharging
• mustering out

2

as in preparing

to put (something) into proper and usually carefully worked out written form

draft a letter to the local newspaper giving your views on the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preparing
• composing
• writing
• formulating
• crafting
• casting
• framing
• drawing up
• putting together
• making
• shaping
• forming
• fashioning
• building
• penning
• assembling
• devising
• molding
• constructing
• wording
• authoring
• fabricating
• stating
• expressing
• concocting
• conceiving
• verbalizing
• redrafting
• phrasing
• couching
• sculpturing
• compounding
• piecing (together)
• reframing
• inditing
• reformulating

3

as in pumping

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

remember to draft the water from the pool so that we can close it up for the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pumping
• draining
• drawing (off)
• emptying
• tapping
• sucking
• siphoning
• bleeding
• cleaning
• evacuating
• milking
• purging
• flushing
• vacating
• clearing
• voiding
• exhausting
• decanting
• vacuating
• depleting
• effusing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filling
• washing
• wetting
• bathing
• soaking
• watering
• flooding
• drenching
• drowning
• dousing
• inundating
• overflowing
• sousing
• swamping
• submerging
• deluging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of drafting

Overseeing such a diverse mix is obviously too big a job for one person so Ellison added yet another flavor by drafting Ynon Kreiz as co-chief executive. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Tasks such as drafting ad copy or writing an email are open-ended and don’t have a single correct answer, so letting the model generate is fine. — Mateusz Mucha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

The company unveiled Claudeforce, which includes a plugin that lets customers use Anthropic’s Claude to access data stored in Salesforce and perform tasks such as drafting emails and updating records. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2026

The two were the honorary captains for home opener, a good reminder that this organization has a long history of drafting and developing talent. — Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2026

Teams are generating insights, completing research, and drafting work in a fraction of the time. — Bryan Goode, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

Off Campus was renewed for a second season ahead of its May premiere, seemingly drafting off the incredible buzz surrounding Crave/HBO Max breakout Heated Rivalry, given its similar combination of sports and romance elements. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

After drafting another guard in Gabriela Jaquez and bringing in Diggins and DiJonai Carrington in free agency, the Sky backcourt was almost out of room. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Cincinnati Bengals backup Joe Flacco and Pittsburgh Steelers backup Mason Rudolph are QBs the Giants looked into last year before signing Winston and Russell Wilson and drafting Dart. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026