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outlines

NOUN

plan, sketch

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blueprint draft drawing framework summary synopsis

STRONG

diagram frame layout recapitulation rundown skeleton tracing

WEAK

bare facts floor plan ground plan main features rough draft rough idea résumé thumbnail sketch

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

NOUN

form, tracing of an object

Synonyms

STRONGEST

configuration contour shape

STRONG

conformation delineation figuration figure profile silhouette

Antonyms

WEAK

inside

VERB

sketch out; plan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

delineate describe draft lay out summarize

STRONG

adumbrate characterize chart paint plot recapitulate skeleton trace

WEAK

block out rough out skeletonize tell about

Example Sentences

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Homelessness Minister Alison McGovern told the BBC: "No one should have to endure rough sleeping, and as this census outlines, women can have different experiences and needs."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“How to Feel Loved” outlines multiple mindsets to up our conversation game, each springing off of what they call the “sea-saw method.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Ms. Roussel also outlines the history of John D. Rockefeller Jr.’s “city within a city” and investigates the identities of those 11 “world-famous and anonymous” men.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The review outlines several emerging anti-aging strategies aimed at controlling senescent cells more precisely.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Against the rising sun they were just two black shapes, but I knew those hulking outlines well.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff