| Main Entry: | figuration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape |
Synonyms: |
contour, form, outline, symbolism |
| Main Entry: | allegory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | indirect representation, storytelling |
Synonyms: |
apologue, emblem, fable, figuration, moral, myth, parable, story, symbol, symbolism, symbolization, tale, typification |
| Main Entry: | construction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | creation, building |
Synonyms: |
architecture, arrangement, assembly, build, cast, composition, conception, constitution, contour, cut, development, disposition, edifice, elevation, erecting, erection, fabric, fabricating, fabrication, figuration, figure, form, format, formation, foundation, improvisation, invention, makeup, making, manufacture, mold, origination, outline, plan, planning, prefab, prefabrication, putting up, raising, rearing, roadwork, shape, structure, system, systematization, turn, type |
Antonyms: |
destruction, disfigurement, disorganization, ruin, ruins |
| Main Entry: | contour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline, profile |
Synonyms: |
curve, delineation, figuration, figure, form, lineament, lines, relief, shape, silhouette |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mark, stroke; border |
Synonyms: |
band, bar, borderline, boundary, channel, configuration, contour, crease, dash, delineation, demarcation, edge, figuration, figure, frontier, furrow, groove, limit, lineament, lineation, outline, profile, rule, score, scratch, silhouette, streak, stripe, tracing, underline, wrinkle |
| Main Entry: | outline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | form, tracing of an object |
Synonyms: |
configuration, conformation, contour, delineation, figuration, figure, profile, shape, silhouette |
Antonyms: |
inside |
| Main Entry: | profile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing of outline |
Synonyms: |
contour, delineation, figuration, figure, form, likeness, line, lineament, lineation, portrait, shadow, shape, side view, silhouette, sketch |
| Main Entry: | silhouette |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | outline |
Synonyms: |
contour, delineation, etching, figuration, form, likeness, line, lineament, lineation, portrait, profile, shade, shadow, shape |
Antonyms: |
body |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing, outline |
Synonyms: |
account, adumbration, aperçu, blueprint, cartoon, chart, compendium, configuration, copy, delineation, depiction, description, design, diagram, digest, doodle, draft, figuration, figure, form, illustration, likeness, monograph, painting, picture, piece, plan, portrayal, précis, report, representation, rough, shape, skeleton, summary, survey, syllabus, version, vignette |
| Notes: | though both a sketch and skit are short entertaining presentations, a sketch is usually serious and unrehearsed, while a skit is typically rehearsed and comical |
| Concept: | Outline. |
| Category: | 3. Centrical dimensions; general |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
outline, circumference; perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines, tournure, contour, profile, silhouette; bounds; coastline., zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt; cordon (enclosure); circlet.
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