Synonyms for sketch
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : skech |
| Phonetic Transcription : skɛtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for sketch Other synonyms for the word sketch
- adumbrate
- adumbration
- aperçu
- block out
- characterize
- compendium
- configuration
- delineation
- describe
- design
- detail
- develop
- diagram
- digest
- doodle
- draft
- figuration
- figure
- form
- illustration
- lay out
- likeness
- line
- map out
- monograph
- paint
- painting
- picture
- piece
- plan
- plot
- portray
- portrayal
- précis
- report
- represent
- representation
- rough
- rough out
- shape
- skeleton
- skeletonize
- summary
- survey
- syllabus
- trace
- version
- vignette
Définition of sketch
Origin :- "rough drawing intended to serve as the basis for a finished picture," 1660s, from Dutch schets or Low German skizze, both apparently 17c. artists' borrowings from Italian schizzo "sketch, drawing," which is commonly said to be from Latin *schedius (OED compares schedia "raft," schedium "an extemporaneous poem"), from or related to Greek skhedios "temporary, extemporaneous, done or made off-hand," related to skhema "form, shape, appearance" (see scheme (n.)). But according to Barnhart Italian schizzo is a special use of schizzo "a splash, squirt," from schizzare "to splash or squirt," of uncertain origin.
- Extended sense of "brief account" is from 1660s; meaning "short play or performance, usually comic" is from 1789. Sketch-book recorded from 1820. German Skizze, French esquisse, Spanish esquicio are likewise from Italian schizzo.
- noun drawing, outline
- verb draw, outline
- We must now close our sketch of those diversified and pleasant volumes.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- You must have lost that sketch after you reached San Francisco.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- I arose from my chair and examined the sketch of the starving mountaineer.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- "I wanted to have a talk to you about that sketch," he said to John.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- Mr. Cream took the MS. of John's sketch from his pocket and spread it on the table.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- He told her of the sketch for the Creams and of the tragedy of St. Patrick.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- To none has it less application than to the subject of our sketch.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- She ran her knife around her sketch, detached it, and tore it across and across.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- She tried to settle on a point of view for her sketch, the sketch he was to help her with.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- It contained nothing but the sketch made upon the fly-leaf of a novel.
- Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
Antonyms for sketch
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