Thesaurus
frame
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of FRAME
1
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials <framed a unique coffee table from an old, discarded chest of drawers>
Related Words assemble, build, construct, erect, make up, put up, raise, rear, set up, structure, throw up; craft, handcraft; hew; forge, mold, shape; cobble (together or up), knock out, patch (together), throw up; prefabricate; create, invent, mint, originate; establish, father, institute, organize; concoct, contrive, cook (up), design, devise, imagine, think (up); conceive, envisage, picture, visualize; refashion, remake, remanufacture
Near Antonyms disassemble, dismantle, take apart; break up, dismember; abolish, annihilate, demolish, destroy, devastate, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, flatten, pulverize, raze, ruin, shatter, smash, wreck; blow up, explode
2
to plan out usually with subtle skill or care <a composer framing the structure of a song>
Synonyms contrive, finagle, finesse, frame, machinate, maneuver, manipulate, mastermind, negotiate, wangle
3
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>
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to serve as a border for <trees framed the walkway>
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