CHARACTER SKETCH Synonyms: 15 Similar Words

character sketch

noun

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as in profile

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Recent Examples of character sketch Back at home, Score starts with a rough character sketch of her protagonists and then fleshes out the scenes, writing in strict 25-minute increments. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 22 Mar. 2026

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Noun

The greater challenge is the combination of speed, maneuverability, and flight profile.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Christen won the Search alongside fellow model Katie Austin, per her profile.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of profile

Noun

The boomer’s reckoning Voeste grew up in Dortmund, the coal-and-steel city whose fate has long illustrated the dangers of clinging to an industrial past after its economics have changed.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Both companies boast century-old studios, beloved media brands and a recent past that has included several fraught mergers.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of past

Noun

According to her online obituary, the Tipp City High School and Lee University graduate also volunteered at her church, Christian Life Center, and was part of a program that teaches the Bible to public school students.

— CBS News, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
But the 55-year-old beauty likely knows her obituary will lead with an unforgettable role in the 1998 steamy mystery-thriller.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of obituary

Noun

Brower and her partner, Aspen Simone, dug into books about pigeon behavior and their history with humans.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The uncertainty lay in how to care for themselves, honor that history and make space for a future.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of history

Noun

Winner of the Best Documentary prize at Cannes, filmmaker and actress Pegah Ahangarani turns her own family archive into a profoundly personal chronicle of Iran’s long struggle for freedom.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Juan Angel, who went on to build a successful landscaping business, struggled with alcoholism, which Rivera chronicles in this narrative that does not shy away from the role addiction played in the life and death of his role model.

— Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

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