Synonyms of sketched

sketched

verb

past tense of sketch

1

as in traced

to draw or make apparent the outline of

sketched the garden pavilion on a pad of paper so the homeowners would have a rough idea of how it was going to look

Synonyms & Similar Words

• traced
• outlined
• defined
• silhouetted
• delineated
• circled
• trimmed
• surrounded
• rounded
• lined
• framed
• bounded
• drew
• hemmed
• fringed
• edged
• skirted
• diagrammed
• encircled
• charted
• margined
• rimmed
• looped
• ringed
• mapped (out)
• girdled
• compassed
• girthed

2

as in described

to give a representation or account of in words

briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• described
• depicted
• portrayed
• painted
• rendered
• illustrated
• characterized
• pictured
• delineated
• set out
• drew
• limned
• defined
• recounted
• imaged
• represented
• summarized
• outlined
• reported
• suggested
• narrated
• told
• labeled
• showed
• demonstrated
• related
• traced
• exhibited
• displayed
• recited
• hinted
• drafted
• rehearsed
• qualified
• silhouetted
• vignetted
• summed up
• touched off
• redescribed
• reimaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colored
• distorted
• twisted
• misrepresented
• falsified
• perverted
• warped
• garbled
• misstated
• misdescribed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sketched

Margaret Keane’s big-eyed children gaze unabashedly at a girl sketched by Pablo Picasso, and cartoonist Rose O’Neill rubs elbows with Vincent van Gogh. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

The breakthrough came from a British engineer who sketched a solution using wooden coffee stirrers. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Birdsall had already sketched the initial design before turning the project over for fine-tuning to another friend, automotive designer Albrecht Goertz, who had just set up his New York studio. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2026

With its hairpin turns and madcap improvisations, the odyssey at the book’s center can seem, says our reviewer, like something sketched out by Jules Verne. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2026

Sources told the site that Iran and Oman have sketched an agreement in which Iran controls the northern route for inbound traffic while Oman controls the southern route for outgoing vessels. — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Rota’s gorgeous score swells sweetly as this affair is sketched, but Mario — older and wiser, to quote the Rodgers and Hammerstein song — has his doubts about a man who seems to him like a cad. — Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2026

Porter sketched Trotsky holding forth at a conference table, proselytizing to the American bureaucrats. — Dan Chiasson, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Palmer’s, on the other hand, appear as if they were sketched on, Gabbriette Bechtel style. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 27 July 2026