Synonyms of vignettes

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

vignettes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vignette

as in outlines

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vignettes

Noun

Each episode of Carrie, beginning with the second, will speak to the main character’s place within that larger world through opening vignettes that depict a different woman with extraordinary abilities from different time periods. — Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Complementing the campaign is a series of film vignettes capturing Waterhouse in tongue-in-cheek moments around town. — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

These 16 slaps are lucid and adventurous, featuring random Jay Electronica warblings, DJ Quik rhythms, and a couple of surprisingly appropriate Westside Gunn vignettes. — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026

The video vignettes will feature series star Theo James as well as soccer great David Beckham, who has served as a brand ambassador for the beer since 2024. — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Once, to write a six-part drama that will chart a course through some of Dahl’s vignettes. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026

In the five vignettes, James, as his character Eddie Horniman, intimidates various individuals while going through the clean-up, the sacrifice, the angle, the cut and the judgment — all steps of serving Stella Artois. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

The bottom half, filled with detailed vignettes, rewards passing pedestrians who can stop and drink in the endless detail. — Anya Sesay, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2026

World-class acrobatics, artistry and dreamlike vignettes come to life as the physical and digital worlds blend on a wraparound, ultra-high-definition display, taking audiences inside Cirque du Soleil’s dream-like masterpiece like never before. — Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026