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| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | drawing, outline |
| Synonyms: | account, 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, adumbration, aperçu |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | sketch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw, outline |
| Synonyms: | adumbrate, block out*, blueprint*, characterize, chart, delineate, depict, describe, design, detail, develop, diagram, doodle, draft, lay out*, line, paint, plan, plot, portray, represent, rough out*, skeleton, trace, chalk, map out, skeletonize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | abbreviation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something shortened |
| Synonyms: | abridgement, abstract, abstraction, clipping, compendium, compression, condensation, contraction, digest, outline, precis, reduction, sketch, summary, syllabus, synopsis |
| Antonyms: | augmentation, enlargement, expansion, extension, increase |
| Main Entry: | anecdote |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interesting or amusing story |
| Synonyms: | episode, fairy tale*, fish story*, gag*, incident, narration, narrative, recital, relation, reminiscence, short story, sketch, tale, tall tale*, yarn, chestnut*, long and short of it, old chestnut, tall story |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, diary, journal, life, life history, life story, memoir, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, adventures, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, experiences, letters, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, vita |
| Main Entry: | blueprint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan |
| Synonyms: | archetype, design, draft, game plan, layout, master plan, model, prototype, scheme, sketch, architectural plan, rendering |
| Main Entry: | brief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
| Synonyms: | abstract, argument, case, condensation, conspectus, contention, data, defense, digest, epitome, outline, précis, sketch, summary, synopsis, boildown |
| Main Entry: | cartoon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny drawing, often with dialogue or caption |
| Synonyms: | animation, caricature, comic strip, drawing, lampoon, parody, representation, satire, sketch, takeoff |
| Main Entry: | chart |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | map, plan |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, diagram, graph, outline, plot, rough draft, scheme, sketch, table, plat, tabulation |
| Main Entry: | chart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, map out |
| Synonyms: | arrange, block out, blueprint, cast, delineate, design, devise, draft, graph, lay out, outline, plot, project, shape, sketch |
| Main Entry: | compendium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgment |
| Synonyms: | abstract, brief, conspectus, digest, epitome, essence, guide, handbook, manual, overview, précis, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, aperçu, pandect, sylloge |
| Main Entry: | depict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe, render in drawing or writing |
| Synonyms: | characterize, delineate, design, detail, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, relate, report, represent, reproduce, sketch, state, sculpt |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, mix up |
| Main Entry: | depiction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | description, rendering |
| Synonyms: | delineation, drawing, illustration, image, likeness, outline, picture, portrayal, representation, sketch, portraiture, presentment |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, name, narrate, outline, paint, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, convey image, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, particularize, write up |
| Antonyms: | confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | digest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abridgement of something written |
| Synonyms: | abstract, brief, compendium, condensation, epitome, précis, résumé, sketch, summary, survey, syllabus, synopsis, aperçu, pandect, short form, sylloge |
| Antonyms: | unabridgement |
| Main Entry: | drawing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illustration |
| Synonyms: | cartoon, delineation, depiction, design, doodle, etching, graphics, layout, likeness, outline, painting, picture, portrayal, representation, sketch, study, work of art, commercial art, comp, storyboard, tracing |
| Main Entry: | landscape |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | countryside; picture of countryside |
| Synonyms: | outlook, painting, panorama, photograph, prospect, scene, scenery, sketch, view, vista, mural |
| Main Entry: | map |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chart of geographic area |
| Synonyms: | delineation, design, diagram, draft, drawing, elevation, globe, graph, outline, picture, plan, portrayal, print, projection, sketch, atlas, ground plan, plat, topographical depiction, tracing |
| Main Entry: | overview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | survey |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, critique, examination, inquiry, inspection, outline, précis, review, scrutiny, sketch, study, syllabus, synopsis, thumbnail, view, aperçu, capsulization, pandect |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
| Synonyms: | brush, coat, color, compose, cover, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, represent, shade, sketch, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash, catch a likeness, cover up, fresco, gloss over, put on coats, slap on, slather |
| Antonyms: | strip |
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