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outlines

NOUN

plan, sketch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blueprint draft drawing framework summary synopsis

STRONG

diagram frame layout recapitulation rundown skeleton tracing

WEAK

bare facts floor plan ground plan main features rough draft rough idea résumé thumbnail sketch

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

NOUN

form, tracing of an object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

configuration contour shape

STRONG

conformation delineation figuration figure profile silhouette

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

VERB

sketch out; plan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delineate describe draft lay out summarize

STRONG

adumbrate characterize chart paint plot recapitulate skeleton trace

WEAK

block out rough out skeletonize tell about

Example Sentences

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A proposed new scheme by North Yorkshire Council outlines a countywide approach to managing trees and green spaces.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“How to Feel Loved” outlines multiple mindsets to up our conversation game, each springing off of what they call the “sea-saw method.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

After a moment, he passed the device to me, and ahead, at great distance, I saw three spectral outlines tumbling around on a nearby peak.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Klein & Wilson, a law firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., outlines the reasons you can revoke or annul a contract.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they’re swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness