Synonyms for outline
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : out-lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈaʊtˌlaɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for outline Other synonyms for the word outline
- adumbrate
- bare facts
- block out
- characterize
- chart
- conformation
- delineation
- diagram
- figuration
- figure
- floor plan
- frame
- ground plan
- layout
- main features
- paint
- plot
- profile
- recapitulate
- recapitulation
- résumé
- rough draft
- rough idea
- rough out
- rundown
- silhouette
- skeleton
- skeletonize
- summarize
- summary
- synopsis
- tell about
- thumbnail sketch
- trace
- tracing
Définition of outline
Origin :- 1660s, "lines by which a figure is delineated," from out + line (v.). Meaning "rough draft in words" is from 1759.
- noun plan, sketch
- noun form, tracing of an object
- verb sketch out; plan
- When Sidney saw the outline of the stable roof, she knew that it was dawn.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Dilly bent, and traced the outline of a leaf with her finger.
- Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
- She traced the outline of her left eyebrow, and put it right.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Let me take one example which may mark out the outline of the contention.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- They have length, and breadth, and outline: have they nothing to do with depth?
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- It is the nature of the thing, not the clearness of its outline, that determines its operation.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- It insisted on the outline which had probably been the starting-point of his conception.
- Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
- Thus it was only for a few moments that I distinctly saw the outline of her figure.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Round the bend came a trifling object, small, uncertain in its outline.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- But these are mainly in outline, with little attempt to achieve tones.
- Extract from : « Why Bewick Succeeded » by Jacob Kainen
Antonyms for outline
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