Synonyms of framing

framing 1 of 2

noun

ˈfrā-miŋ 

as in structure

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form

the framing of the debate will consist of a predetermined order of turns and follow-up comments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• structure
• framework
• architecture
• frame
• infrastructure
• fabric
• skeleton
• shell
• configuration
• shape
• edifice
• armature
• network
• outline
• cadre
• lattice
• cage
• contour
• profile
• silhouette
• figure
• chassis

framing

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verb

present participle of frame

1

as in producing

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials

framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• producing
• making
• manufacturing
• creating
• constructing
• fashioning
• forming
• building
• assembling
• fabricating
• crafting
• shaping
• organizing
• structuring
• putting together
• molding
• erecting
• designing
• rearing
• establishing
• raising
• forging
• inventing
• originating
• making up
• devising
• setting up
• throwing up
• visualizing
• instituting
• handcrafting
• imagining
• knocking out
• hewing
• prefabricating
• patching (together)
• putting up
• picturing
• conceiving
• remaking
• contriving
• thinking (up)
• cooking (up)
• concocting
• envisaging
• minting
• refashioning
• fathering
• cobbling (together or up)
• remanufacturing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dismantling
• destroying
• disassembling
• flattening
• wrecking
• abolishing
• eradicating
• extinguishing
• breaking up
• ruining
• devastating
• shattering
• smashing
• demolishing
• exterminating
• taking apart
• annihilating
• pulverizing
• dismembering
• exploding
• razing
• blowing up

2

as in negotiating

to plan out usually with subtle skill or care

a composer framing the structure of a song

Synonyms & Similar Words

• negotiating
• manipulating
• arranging
• plotting
• engineering
• maneuvering
• managing
• contriving
• concluding
• masterminding
• finessing
• wangling
• finagling
• machinating
• concerting
• conducting
• handling
• hatching
• working out
• intriguing
• scheming
• hammering out
• directing
• concocting
• conniving
• brewing
• angling (for)
• compassing
• cooking (up)
• commanding
• gerrymandering
• running
• quarterbacking
• captaining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blowing
• butchering
• mangling
• fumbling
• bungling
• mishandling
• botching
• messing (up)
• gumming (up)
• bobbling
• muffing
• flubbing
• lousing up

3

as in preparing

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

you'll need to frame your argument well if you're going to win the debate

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

4

as in planning

to work out the details of (something) in advance

framed a schedule for the project

Synonyms & Similar Words

• planning
• designing
• preparing
• organizing
• arranging
• plotting
• calculating
• shaping
• outlining
• projecting
• devising
• charting
• budgeting
• choreographing
• drafting
• mapping (out)
• blueprinting
• laying out
• contemplating
• scheming (out)
• strategizing (about)
• sketching
• intriguing
• figuring
• intending
• contriving
• conspiring
• meaning
• concerting
• aiming
• machinating
• getting up
• having on
• meditating
• premeditating
• putting up

5

as in bordering

to serve as a border for

trees framed the walkway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bordering
• bounding
• surrounding
• edging
• skirting
• rimming
• defining
• fringing
• encircling
• margining
• trimming
• outlining
• tracing
• enclosing
• demarcating
• circling
• sketching
• hemming
• looping
• restricting
• circumscribing
• delineating
• limiting
• rounding
• silhouetting
• confining
• walling
• ringing
• controlling
• curbing
• restraining
• environing
• checking
• girthing
• girdling
• compassing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of framing

Noun

Clarify Risks And Board Decisions Boards typically value strategic insights and concise framing. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Expand Underlying the hundreds of years in prison are lives upended by alleged framing. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Verb

Makeup was kept light and fresh, topped off with a nude lip, while her hair was parted down the middle, styled in face-framing waves. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

In both cases, the media played a critical role in shaping public opinion by framing, by omission, by repetition of official talking points, and by an overall failure to include dissenting voices or the perspectives of those most impacted. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026