Synonyms Dictionary
2. depict, delineate, sketch, draft, outline roughly, lay out; trace out, figure, draw the lines of; portray, paint, represent; define, detail, Archaic, limn.
3. originate, invent, innovate; coin; imagine, conceive, Inf. dream up, Inf. hatch; visualize, envisage.
4. intend, purpose, mean, have in mind to do, have in view, aim at, aspire to.
-n. 5. delineation, depiction, drawing; preliminary sketch, rough draft, draft; outline, blueprint, plan, layout; chart, diagram, map, study.
6. arrangement, organization, configuration; composition, make-up, constitution, construction; structure, formation, system.
7. motif, pattern, style, Fine Arts, cartoon; model, prototype, Archaic, copy, archetype; form, shape, figure.
8. scheme, schema, proposal, program, project, scenario, script; contrivance, expedient, stratagem, device, artifice, shift, invention.
9. plot, intrigue, conspiracy, cabal; machination, wirepulling, manipulation; designs, evil intentions, hostile or aggressive conniving.
10. intention, purpose, intent, view, point, drift, reason, resolution; objective, object, purport, determination; end, destination, target, mark, bull's-eye; thought, cogitation, expectation; hope, dream, wish, desire, desideratum, aspiration; goal, ambition. designate, v. 1. indicate, signify, denote, signal; mark or point out, show, make known, express, formulate, mention, note; specify, state in detail, stipulate, particularize, individualize, pinpoint; earmark, set aside.
2. characterize, depict, represent, illustrate; describe, define, delineate, outline.
3. name, denominate, call, term, style, nickname, dub; entitle, address; christen, baptize; identify, label.
4. appoint, nominate, delegate; select, choose; elect, vote in, place in office, induct, ordain; assign, appropriate, consign, relegate, allot. designation, n. 1. indication, signification, denotation, pointing out, showing; expression, formulation, notation; specification, stipulation, particularization, individualization.
2. appellation, name, title, honorific, style; epithet, appellative, by-word, label, tag; nickname, Si. moniker, sobriquet, cognomen, agnomen, by-name, pet name, diminutive; pseudonym, anonym, allonym, alias, pen name, stage name.
3. appointment, nomination, delegation; selection, choice, election; induction, ordination; assignment, appropriation, consignment, relegation, allotment.
4. nature, character, condition; sort, kind, class, ilk, variety, type. designedly, adv. intentionally, purposefully, on purpose, willfully, of one's own free will, volitionally, voluntarily on one's own; premeditatedly, premeditat-ingly, with aforethought, predeterminately; meditated-ly, meditatively, studiously, considerately; preconcertedly, deliberately, calculatedly, wittingly, knowingly, with one's eyes wide open, in cold blood.
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