| Main Entry: | diagram |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing, sketch of form or plan |
Synonyms: |
big picture, blueprint, chart, description, design, draft, figure, floor plan, game, game plan, ground plan, layout, outline, perspective, representation, rough draft |
| Main Entry: | chart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | map, plan |
Synonyms: |
blueprint, diagram, graph, outline, plat, plot, rough draft, scheme, sketch, table, tabulation |
| Main Entry: | design |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sketch, draft |
Synonyms: |
architecture, arrangement, blueprint, chart, comp, composition, conception, constitution, construction, delineation, depiction, diagram, doodle, drawing, dummy, form, formation, idea, layout, makeup, map, method, model, outline, paste-up, pattern, perspective, picture, plan, scheme, study, tracery, tracing, treatment |
| Main Entry: | design |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, outline |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, chart, construct, contrive, create, delineate, describe, devise, diagram, dope out, draft, draw, effect, execute, fashion, form, frame, fulfill, invent, lay out, perform, produce, project, set out, sketch, sketch out, trace, work out |
Antonyms: |
disorder, disorganize |
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clear; give a reason for |
Synonyms: |
account for, analyze, annotate, break down, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, diagram, disclose, elucidate, excuse, explicate, expound, get across, go into detail, illustrate, interpret, justify, make plain, manifest, paraphrase, point out, put across, put in plain English, rationalize, read, refine, render, resolve, reveal, set right, solve, spell out, teach, tell, throw light upon, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle |
| Notes: | explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying, one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were 'smooth out' and 'spread flat' |
Antonyms: |
be vague, complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, perplex |
| Main Entry: | figure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | object with design; depiction |
Synonyms: |
cast, composition, decoration, device, diagram, drawing, effigy, embellishment, emblem, illustration, image, model, mold, motif, motive, ornamentation, pattern, piece, portrait, representation, sketch, statue |
| Main Entry: | layout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical arrangement |
Synonyms: |
blueprint, chart, design, diagram, draft, formation, geography, map, organization, outline, plan, purpose |
| Main Entry: | lay out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | design, plan |
Synonyms: |
arrange, chart, diagram, display, exhibit, map, outline, set out, spread out |
Antonyms: |
neglect |
| Main Entry: | map |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chart of geographic area |
Synonyms: |
atlas, delineation, design, diagram, draft, drawing, elevation, globe, graph, ground plan, outline, picture, plan, plat, portrayal, print, projection, sketch, topographical depiction, tracing |
| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, sketch |
Synonyms: |
bare facts, blueprint, diagram, draft, drawing, floor plan, frame, framework, ground plan, layout, main features, recapitulation, rough draft, rough idea, rundown, résumé, skeleton, summary, synopsis, thumbnail sketch, tracing |