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designs

NOUN

sketch, draft

Synonyms

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architecture arrangement composition construction drawing form idea layout map method model pattern picture plan scheme study

STRONG

blueprint chart comp conception constitution delineation depiction diagram doodle dummy formation makeup outline paste-up perspective tracery tracing treatment

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disorganization

STRONG

being

NOUN

artful conception

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arrangement configuration construction device drawing form motif painting pattern picture portrait shape style

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depiction doodle figure illustration motive organization sketch

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disorganization

NOUN

intention

Synonyms

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picture plan project recipe scheme setup story

STRONG

action aim angle animus brainchild child conspiracy deliberation end enterprise gimmick goal intrigue machination meaning notion object objective pitch play plot point proposition purport purpose reflection scenario scene schema target thinking thought trick undertaking view volition will

WEAK

big picture conation game plan intendment lay of the land what's cooking

Antonyms

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idleness inactivity

VERB

plan, outline

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arrange construct create describe devise draft fashion form invent lay out perform produce work out

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accomplish achieve blueprint cast chart contrive delineate diagram draw effect execute frame fulfill project sketch trace

WEAK

block out dope out set out sketch out

Antonyms

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break confuse destroy mix up neglect ruin

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abandon fail forget ignore miss

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disorder disorganize

VERB

create, conceive

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compose devise fashion form invent produce

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contrive fabricate frame originate

WEAK

cook up dream up make up think up

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destroy ruin

STRONG

demolish wreck

WEAK

disorder disorganize

VERB

intend, mean to do

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aim devise make plan prepare propose tailor

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contemplate contrive destine mind project purpose scheme

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deny ignore neglect refuse

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disregard forget

WEAK

disorder disorganize

Example Sentences

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They plan to advance high-speed interconnect technologies, system telemetry and cooling designs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

History is littered with grand designs that never came to pass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Using Arm chips, Macs had a big advantage over Windows laptops, with slim, light designs, fast performance, quiet cooling, and all-day battery life.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

To catch up, Volkswagen has sought to insulate its floundering Chinese business from the Eurocentric designs and slow decision-making of its German headquarters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Seeing her in my wedding sari, her eyes darkened with kohl, her cheeks and lips rouged, and designs painted on her forehead, was like seeing myself again as I had been almost three years before.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan