Synonyms for design

noun

• something intended as a guide for making something else
• a decorative or artistic work
• an arrangement scheme
• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions
• the creation of something in the mind
• the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
• a preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something

verb

• make or work out a plan for; devise
• make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form
• conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
• create designs
• create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner
• intend or have as a purpose
• plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect