Synonyms of engraving

engraving 1 of 2

noun

as in etching

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etching
• etch
• portrait
• representation
• depiction
• image
• likeness
• illustration
• watercolor
• charcoal
• aquatint
• caricature
• pastel
• drawing
• line drawing
• contour
• outline
• silhouette
• doodle
• blueprint
• sketch
• cartoon
• delineation
• figure

engraving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of engrave

1

as in carving

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface

engraved the birth and death dates on the tombstone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etching
• carving
• inscribing
• graving
• sculpting
• tracing
• incising
• insculping
• sculpturing
• chiseling
• chiselling
• affixing
• indenting
• grooving
• notching
• chasing
• scoring
• impressing

2

as in imprinting

to produce a vivid impression of

a scar that forever engraved the killer's face in the witness's mind

Synonyms & Similar Words

• etching
• imprinting
• branding
• impressing
• infixing
• engraining
• ingraining
• stamping
• implanting
• imbuing
• infusing
• inculcating
• instilling
• enrooting
• setting
• fixing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• erasing
• obliterating
• expunging
• blotting out

• erasing
• obliterating
• expunging
• blotting out