Showing Results for "sketches"

sketches

NOUN

drawing, outline

Synonyms

STRONGEST

account blueprint cartoon chart copy depiction description illustration likeness painting picture piece portrayal summary version vignette

STRONG

adumbration compendium configuration delineation design diagram digest doodle draft figuration figure form monograph plan report representation rough shape skeleton survey syllabus

WEAK

aperçu précis

VERB

draw, outline

Synonyms

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chalk chart delineate depict lay out paint portray

STRONG

adumbrate blueprint characterize describe design detail develop diagram doodle draft line plan plot represent skeleton trace

WEAK

block out map out rough out skeletonize

Antonyms

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forget ignore misrepresent neglect

Example Sentences

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He sketches out what looks like a spider's web where each strand represents a point at which a teenager could drop out of education, lose a job or disengage entirely.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“Trainspotting” doesn’t require a plot; like its source novel by Irvine Welsh, it’s a series of deeply observed vignettes or sketches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The lead characters are sketches of real people — mere catalysts for thematic contemplation when they should also be genuinely integral parts of a story.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

We did a series of sketches and showed them to each other.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Perhaps, having begun this more modest, contemplative life, she considered destroying the messy pile of sketches.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman