Design

Noun

 * 1) A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
 * 2) A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
 * 3) The composition of a work of art.
 * 4) Intention or plot.
 * 5) * M. Le Page Du Pratz, History of Louisisana (PG), p. 40
 * I give it you without any other design than to shew you that I reckon nothing dear to me, when I want to do you a pleasure.
 * 1) The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.
 * 2) The art of designing
 * Danish design of furniture is world-famous.

Verb

 * 1) To lay out or plan.

Adjectives for Design

 * (intention) ultimate; honorable; base; fell; ill-conceived; rash; deadly; deep; evil; deliberate; stern; wicked; ostensible; malicious; oppressive; serious; importunate; hostile; ambitious; joyous; true-meant; immoral; misguided; criminal; evident; vile; matrimonial; disgusting; mischievous; far-reaching; avowed; traitorous; aggressive; lawful; villainous; perfidious; nefarious.
 * (pattern) authentic; immense; elaborate; inscrutable; constructive; fierce; beautiful; arabesque; border; intricate; sporting; famous; artistic; ethical; fanciful; matchless; polychromatic; structural; well-known; conventional; monstrous; impractical; flowing; simple; graceful; anatomical; chevron; deliberate; heavy-duty; tentative; distinctive; exclusive; transitional; interior; conservative; unfathomable; palpable; engineering; harmonious; attractive; central; classical; crude; quaint; scientific; unintelligent; grotesque; aliform; vast; gorgeous; geometrical; efficacious; secular; smart; original; unusual; nautical; advanced; stitched; modern; staggering; unjust; superior;   functional; systematic; wise; dramatic; compass; thoughtful; ingenious; feathery; engraved; mosaic; curious; huge; exotic; general; novel; tangled; cut; dried; gay; rational; brilliant; stunning; annulose.

Verbs for Design

 * (intention) admit—; adopt—; approve—; arrange—; carry out—; conceive—; concur on—; declare—; discover— disguise—; execute-form—; frustrate—; harbor—; plan—; pursue—; relinquish—; settle on—; undertake —; —aims; —fails; —requires; arrange—; carve—; conceive—; contrive—; develop—; draw—; elaborate—; embellish; —embroider; —employ—; engrave—; execute—; hammer—; mark—; model—; paint;— plan—; prescribe—; sketch—; strike—; submit—; teach—; trace—; work—; —decorates; —denotes; —depicts; —improves; —ornaments; —represents; —signifies; — stresses.

Adverbs for Design
scientifically; properly; solely; exquisitely; seriously; admirably; specially; primarily; harmoniously; expressly; artfully; elaborately; charmingly; masterfully; skillfully; intricately.

Synonyms for Design
delineation, sketch, contrivance, object, picture, drawing, diagram, pattern, decoration, plan, project, intention, aim, end, scheme, purpose.

Related terms

 * designer

Thesaurus
abstract art, action, aim, aim at, ambition, anagnorisis, angle, animus, approach, architectonics, architecture, argument, arrange, arrangement, art, art form, art object, artful dodge, artifice, artist, arts and crafts, arts of design, aspiration, aspire after, aspire to, atmosphere, attack, background, background detail, bag of tricks, balance, be after, beget, black and white, blind, blueprint, blueprinting, bluff, bosey, brainchild, breed, bric-a-brac, bring forth, bring into being, brouillon, brushwork, cabal, calculate, calculation, call into being, calligraphy, canon form, cartoon, cast, catastrophe, catch, cave art, ceramics, chalk, characterization, charcoal, charcoal drawing, chart, charting, chiaroscuro, chicanery, chouse, classic, coin, color, complication, composition, conation, conceive, conception, concert, concoct, configuration, connivance, conniving, conspiracy, constitution, construct, construction, contemplate, continuity, contrivance, contrive, cook up, copy, counsel, coup, craft, crayon, create, creation, crosshatch, curve, curve-ball, cut out, cute trick, dash off, daub, deceit, decoration, decorative composition, decorative style, deliberation, delineate, delineation, denouement, depict, desideration, desideratum, designing, designs, desire, destine, detail, determination, determine, develop, development, device, devise, diagram, dirty deal, dirty trick, disposition, dodge, doodle, dope out, draft, draftsmanship, draw, draw up, drawing, dream up, drive at, ebauche, effect, elevation, engender, engraving, enterprise, envisage, envisagement, envision, episode, esquisse, etching, evil intent, evolve, expedient, fable, fabricate, fakement, falling action, fashion, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle, figure, figuring, fine arts, fixed purpose, foil, folk art, forecast, foreground detail, foresight, forethought, forge, form, format, formation, frame, fugue form, function, gambit, game, game plan, generate, gimmick, give being to, give rise to, go for, goal, googly, graph, graphic arts, graphing, grift, grotesque, ground plan, grouping, guidelines, harbor a design, hatch, have every intention, hocus-pocus, house plan, ichnography, idea, improvise, incident, intend, intendment, intent, intention, intrigue, invent, invention, joker, juggle, jugglery, kitsch, knavery, lay out, lay plans, layout, lied form, limn, line, line drawing, lineup, little game, local color, long-range plan, machination, make, make a projection, make arrangements, make do with, make up, maneuver, manipulation, map, map out, mapping, master, master plan, masterpiece, masterwork, mature, mean, meaning, method, methodize, methodology, mind, mint, mobile, model, mood, motif, motive, mould, move, movement, museum piece, mythos, national style, nisus, nude, object, objective, old master, operations research, organization, organize, originate, ornamental motif, outline, paint, paint a picture, painterliness, pass, pastel, pasticcio, pastiche, pattern, pen-and-ink, pencil, pencil drawing, period style, peripeteia, perspective, photography, picture, picturize, piece, piece of virtu, plan, plan ahead, planning, planning function, plastic art, plot, ploy, point, portray, prearrange, prearrangement, primary form, primitive art, procedure, procreate, produce, profile, program, program of action, project, projection, proposal, propose, prospectus, prototype, purport, purpose, racket, rationalization, rationalize, recognition, red herring, reflection, repeated figure, resolution, resolve, rising action, rondo form, rough, rough copy, rough draft, rough outline, ruse, sake, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, schematize, scheme, scheme of arrangement, scratch, sculpture, scumble, scurvy trick, secondary plot, set out, set up, setting, setup, shade, shading, shadow, shape, shift, silhouette, silver-print drawing, sinopia, skeleton, sketch, sketch out, slant, sleight, sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, sonata allegro, sonata form, spawn, stabile, statue, stencil, still life, story, stratagem, strategic plan, strategy, strike out, striving, structure, study, style, subject, subplot, subterfuge, switch, symphonic form, system, systematization, systematize, table, tactic, tactical plan, tactics, target, technique, the arts, the big picture, the picture, thematic development, theme, think, think of, think out, think up, thinking, thought, tint, toccata form, tone, topic, touch, trace, tracing, treatment, trick, trickery, twist, undertaking, values, view, vignette, virtu, visualize, volition, way, wile, will, wily device, work, work of art, work out, work up, working drawing, working plan

Etymology
From designer: <  designare: < de-: (or dis-:) + signare: < signum:.

Noun

 * Arabic: تخطيط
 * Bulgarian:, конструкция
 * Chinese: 設計, 设计 (shèjì)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic: hönnun


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 設計 (せっけい, sekkei)
 * Korean: 디자인 (dijain)
 * Maltese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: конструкция (konstrúktsija)
 * Serbo-Croatian: nacrt, plan
 * Spanish: ,
 * Turkish:, dizayn


 * Bulgarian: шарка,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Navajo:
 * Russian: узор


 * Serbo-Croatian: uzorak, dizajn,  mustra
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian: композиция, конструкция
 * Finnish: sommittelu


 * Russian: композиция


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,


 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: intencija, nakana
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, , kuosi


 * Russian: внешний вид, экстерьер
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian:


 * Polish: wzornictwo
 * Serbo-Croatian: dizajn
 * Spanish:


 * : dezajno

Verb

 * Bulgarian: замислям, проектирам
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: (schediázo)
 * Icelandic: hanna


 * Italian:
 * Maltese:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish: tasarlamak


 * : (yusámmem)
 * : desegni
 * Czech: navrhnout

Anagrams

 * deigns
 * signed
 * singed

Noun

 * 1) design

Noun

 * 1) design (industrial)

Anagrams

 * sdegni

Noun

 * 1) a design

Related terms

 * designa
 * designpris
 * designpris