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sketch out

VERB
delineate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
define depict lay out limn
STRONG
characterize chart detail draft draw figure mark plot portray represent trace
Antonyms
STRONGEST
confuse distort
VERB
design
Synonyms
STRONGEST
arrange construct create describe devise draft fashion form invent lay out perform produce work out
STRONG
accomplish achieve blueprint cast chart contrive delineate diagram draw effect execute frame fulfill project sketch trace
WEAK
block out dope out set out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
break confuse destroy mix up neglect ruin
STRONG
abandon fail forget ignore miss
WEAK
disorder disorganize
VERB
strategize
Synonyms
WEAK
accomplish achieve arrange block out blueprint cast chart conceive construct contrive delineate describe devise diagram dope out draft draw effect execute fashion form formulate frame fulfill invent lay lay out lay plans perform plan produce project scheme set out sketch trace work out

Example Sentences

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However, during the course of the interview, Dale went on to sketch out a very bullish medium-term outlook once short-term obstacles have been negotiated.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

“I can tell you my father does not sketch out cartoon drawings,” Eric Trump claimed on Newsmax Monday, while also confusing the Wall Street Journal for the New York Times.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2025

Dahlia Lithwick: Can you sketch out for us what Chief Justice Roberts wrote for the majority?

From Slate • Jun. 18, 2025

With these ground rules agreed to, Starr began to sketch out the following supes-worthy Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

You have to sketch out a grid of converging lines.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton