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

Personalities are sketched only in the margins, mostly via brief snippets of chatter between rounds of gunfire. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026

Darman sketched out on paper a comparison of all the advantages and disadvantages of continuing to work at the Post while writing books, versus moving to TV. — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Before entering politics, Correa published papers denouncing dollarization and sketched a plan to unwind it. — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

During his decade at the house, Vaccarello’s conduct both reflected and amplified some of the patterns first sketched by the house’s great founding designer. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2026

In minutes, Bartlett had sketched the makeshift shrine that Helga builds for Arnold in her closet. — Darryn King, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

An overflow crowd packed into a South Side union training hall Thursday night and loudly rejected the plan sketched out by Amtrak officials for a massive new maintenance center in their neighborhood. — Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 18 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