Synonyms of sketches

sketches 1 of 2

noun

plural of sketch

1

as in drawings

a picture using lines to represent the chief features of an object or scene

made a quick sketch from which she would create a more detailed painting later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drawings
• portraits
• depictions
• illustrations
• cartoons
• images
• figures
• representations
• outlines
• contours
• silhouettes
• delineations
• caricatures
• engravings
• doodles
• watercolors
• etchings
• blueprints
• likenesses
• line drawings
• pastels
• aquatints
• charcoals
• etches

2

as in portraits

a vivid representation in words of someone or something

gave her boss quick sketches of the personalities of the clients he was about to meet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portraits
• descriptions
• pictures
• depictions
• portrayals
• renderings
• vignettes
• tales
• definitions
• portraitures
• accounts
• illustrations
• anecdotes
• stories
• narratives
• delineations
• reports
• chronicles
• yarns
• demonstrations
• explanations
• exemplifications
• clarifications
• expositions
• explications
• elucidations

sketches

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sketch

1

as in traces

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

• traces
• outlines
• defines
• lines
• silhouettes
• circles
• rounds
• trims
• delineates
• surrounds
• margins
• frames
• diagrams
• charts
• edges
• maps (out)
• loops
• bounds
• skirts
• draws
• rings
• rims
• fringes
• hems
• encircles
• girths
• girdles
• compasses

2

as in describes

to give a representation or account of in words

briefly sketched the intent of the reorganization plan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describes
• portrays
• depicts
• images
• paints
• pictures
• renders
• sets out
• outlines
• illustrates
• characterizes
• recounts
• draws
• delineates
• limns
• summarizes
• reports
• shows
• exhibits
• displays
• represents
• defines
• narrates
• labels
• relates
• hints
• traces
• tells
• suggests
• demonstrates
• vignettes
• recites
• drafts
• silhouettes
• qualifies
• sums up
• rehearses
• touches off
• reimages
• redescribes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colors
• twists
• distorts
• falsifies
• perverts
• misrepresents
• warps
• misstates
• garbles
• misdescribes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sketches

Noun

Madison Avenue shops will soon be embellished with a different look — sketches and designs by CFDA student scholarship winners. — David Moin, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

Many of them supplement the text with photographs, epigraphs, glossaries, family trees, sketches, timelines, variant tables of contents, alternating fonts and notes to the reader. — Christopher Coffman, The Conversation, 24 Aug. 2026

For pet parents who could get their pups to sit still for long enough, a portrait artist was doing colorful sketches. — Bridget Byrne, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

Innumerable old sketches have either been thrown out or lost to time. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2026

Lawrence Lewitinn is building an AI-native archive for his great-uncle’s works, which will systematize the artist’s sketches, pigment formulas, poems and color diagrams, along with his notes on color, perception and theory. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Davies soon got involved, and their early sketches became the songs on Lost Themes. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026

His content blends high-energy, unfiltered reactions to chaotic internet food hacks with relatable everyday sketches that often spotlight his family life. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

The Sunday morning radio show features Israeli, Yiddish and Hasidic music, prizes, comedy sketches and brief news updates. — Roni Raab, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2026

Verb

Bernard sketches out the location of Silo 1, at the center of seven complexes, each containing seven silos. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

That concision is evident in an almost brutally economical edit and in sharp, precise writing which provides narrative elements and deftly sketches character before moving busily on. — Caspar Salmon, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

Such a sentence sketches a profound contrast between Europe as the cradle of refined culture—the Renaissance, high art, and philosophy—and Asia as the site of empires and violence. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Architect sketches from the developer call the hotel Sam Furr Road Inn, but the proposal would be called Cornelius Inn, town officials said. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

The proposal also sketches out room for rooftop amenities consisting of a garden and gathering areas. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

The filing sketches out an unusually lean operation. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 June 2026

Through five portraits of relatives and mentors, five expressions of resistance, the filmmaker sketches her life story. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 May 2026

Constraint Is a Creative Brief BFL's core technical innovation — latent diffusion, a method that sketches a rough visual blueprint before rendering detail — wasn't chosen for elegance. — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026