stick figure

noun

1

: a drawing showing the head of a human being or animal as a circle and all other parts as straight lines

2

: a fictional character lacking depth and believability

Examples of stick figure in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Below it, four stick figures, arms raised, held the book aloft, like a sacred offering. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Installed in June at Montauk’s art space The Ranch, Matt Johnson’s sculpture Meditating Figure is a 60-foot-tall installation made of defunct shipping containers that depicts a stick figure in the lotus position. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 7 Aug. 2026

Drawing simplified stick figures in which a person’s mind is one color and their body is a different color helps with this step. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 July 2026

The mold shapes itself into a tall biped that resembles a stick figure or distorted skeleton. — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stick figure

• configure
• disfigure
• prefigure
• reconfigure

Kids Definition

stick figure

noun

: a drawing showing the head of a human being or animal as a circle and all other parts as straight lines