Shaping Synonyms and Antonyms

Form, create
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. structuring
  2. forming
  3. composing
  4. building
Antonyms:
  1. destroying
  2. deforming
Make something, usually for a specific function
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. molding
  2. making
  3. developing
  4. framing
  5. forging
  6. fashioning
  7. ordering
  8. producing
  9. fabricating
  10. trimming
  11. tooling
  12. structuring
  13. stating
  14. regulating
  15. posturing
  16. manufacturing
  17. planning
  18. forming
  19. outlining
  20. modelling
  21. looking
  22. imaging
  23. building
  24. figuring
  25. devising
  26. determining
  27. designing
  28. creating
  29. working
  30. contriving
  31. contouring
  32. conforming
  33. conditioning
  34. chiselling
  35. constructing
  36. casting
  37. carving
  38. bending
  39. arranging
  40. adjusting
  41. assembling
  42. becoming
  43. adapting
Antonyms:
  1. neglecting
Shape or influence; give direction to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. molding
  2. fashioning
  3. regulating
  4. forming
  5. influencing
  6. modelling
  7. casting
  8. determining
The act of fabricating something in a particular shape
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. formation
  2. defining
Forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. formative
  2. plastic

Shaping Sentence Examples

  • Herschel, had the chief part in shaping its constitution.

  • There are two reasons in particular why the part which emendation plays in the shaping of Greek and Latin texts is apt to be overlooked.

  • Whatever truth may lie behind the romantic tales of Christian and Mahommedan, we know that Alphonso represented in a remarkable way the two great influences then shaping the character and civilization of Spain.

  • We are shaping a socialist market economy and introducing strategic readjustments to the economic structure.

  • Engineers and other craftsmen make extensive use of abrasion, effected by the aid of such abrasives as emery and carborundum, in shaping, finishing and polishing their work.

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