vignette

vignette

noun

Definition of VIGNETTE

a vivid representation in words of someone or something <the general's memoirs are filled with revealing vignettes of some of the war's most compelling personalities>

Synonyms definition, delineation, depiction, picture, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, rendering, sketch, vignette

Related Words account, anecdote, chronicle, narrative, report, story, tale, yarn; demonstration, exemplification, illustration; clarification, elucidation, explanation, explication, exposition