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

The museum-level art collection includes Yoshitaka Echizenya silkscreens, Valerio Adami murals, Amedeo Modigliani line drawings, Robin Whyler sketches of Tokyo neighborhoods and even a few Morford sculptures. —Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

His sketches have helped police to identify hundreds of suspects and generated leads in some of the Bay Area's most serious crimes. —Juliette Goodrich, CBS News, 11 June 2026

Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness features comedy sketches about different moments in history. —Denise Petski, Deadline, 11 June 2026

Take turns sharing your sketches at the end of the summer. —Parents, 11 June 2026

These sketches are all hand-drawn. —Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 9 June 2026

One of his final sketches, featuring Ariana Grande and Cher, featured the Wicked actor playing a Delta One Lounge employee working his last shift. —Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026

The fashion house shared sketches and behind-the-scenes look of the making of the ensemble on Instagram after the ceremony. —Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 June 2026

Even after his time on the show came to an end, Will Ferrell continued to produce classic sketches, on and off the air. —Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026

Verb

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

The report by Skyscanner, a free global search engine for travel, sketches out a dynamic that bodes well for merchants and cities hoping for an economic boost similar to other major events that have taken place in recent months. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 3 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

Ahangarani sketches her life story through five portraits of relatives and mentors. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 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

All of this is to amp up our sympathy for these men and our certainty that Carol killed Floyd, until the season finale finally sketches her out, albeit thinly. —Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026

Fey revealed the lounge has fallen apart after literally being run into the ground by too many Five-Timers Club sketches. —Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026

Yet Barbara is so much more than a foil; Rosenberg sketches out the life of a woman who dreamed of ascending in status, of moving from working-class Brooklyn to the Upper East Side on the arm of a surgeon. —Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 3 Apr. 2026