VIGNETTES Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

vignettes 1 of 2

noun

plural of vignette

as in portraits

a vivid representation in words of someone or something the general's memoirs are filled with revealing vignettes of some of the war's most compelling personalities

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vignette

as in outlines

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Noun

The nearly dialogue-free story revels in grotesque creatures and nightmarish vignettes in an underworld setting. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 The workshop’s facilitators posed a series of hypothetical adversarial actions, or vignettes, to the participants. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 29 June 2026 Though much of the album presents wispy vignettes, the best tracks have clear direction. — Vanessa Ague, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026 Sketches, photographs lost in a fire Norman Rockwell was known for using meticulous detail to draw out a range of human emotions in his vignettes of everyday life. — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 25 June 2026 The 44th president himself even provides an on-screen introduction for the seven-episode series, which is otherwise composed of standalone vignettes. — Alison Herman, Variety, 24 June 2026 The series pickup caps a wild seven-year journey for Dungeon Crawler Carl, which originated in 2019 with vignettes Dinniman self-published on a digital platform as a hobby while not busy with his main job as a sketch artist at cat shows. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 June 2026 The owners’ cabin features twin vignettes of rattan mirrors, Galerie des Lampes sconces, and 19th-century Austrian botanicals. — Mitchell Owens, Architectural Digest, 10 June 2026 Mark Dean Veca's piece contains 20 different vignettes. — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 9 June 2026

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Noun

The women’s portraits did not contain SynthID watermarks, but an AI detection tool flagged them as containing synthetic elements.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Many museums around the world, including the Met, the Getty, and the Musée d’Orsay, own examples of his genre scenes, landscapes, and portraits.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 2 July 2026

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Verb

Rather, the department outlines a checklist developers must complete to get a stamp of recommendation from city staffers before going before the Commission.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026
The law outlines an appeals process and allows for people on the registry to apply for expungement after three years.

— Matthew Kelly July 1, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Definition of outlines

Noun

Here are some highlights with official descriptions courtesy of the folks at Comic-Con.

— Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2026
Several immigration enforcement operations in the US over the last year have resulted in fatalities –– with initial descriptions from authorities of clashes between agents and suspects later contradicted by video evidence.

— Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of descriptions

Verb

There’s, of course, also hints of early-aughts influence sprinkled in, with low-rise versions of this pant becoming more popular by the day.

— Jennifer Hussein, InStyle, 20 June 2026
This hints that placing an order and being served with no human interaction may become as ordinary as having a robot complete your household chores.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 June 2026

Definition of hints

Noun

My favorite depictions of this city know its real history is too cuckoo to capture sincerely; straight reenactments make the production of 35mm masterpieces look as piddly as Shrinky Dinks.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
The bell’s pyramidal face is decorated with depictions of deceased kings and queens, and its toll was believed to invoke ancestral spirits.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of depictions

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The mystery of why some people who carry a deadly gene variant might not have symptoms traces back a century, to when biologists were trying to understand how traits were passed from one generation to the next.

— Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
The term traces back to a 2022 tweet from user @robyns_quill and an early Urban Dictionary entry before Vice’s May 30 explainer pushed it into the mainstream this year.

— Allison Palmer July 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026

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