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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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vignette
as in outlines

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Recent Examples of vignettes
Noun
The book is vignettes of people’s lives without much connective tissue. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 Nocturnos by Laura Pérez Alt Autores, Spain The writer and artist’s graphic novel uses a series of dreamlike vignettes to explore the mysterious and magical world of the night. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Sep. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vignettes
  1. portraits
  2. outlines
  3. descriptions
  4. hints
  5. depictions
  6. traces
  7. pictures
  8. summarizes
Noun
  • Several hang in the Musée d’Orsay, including one of his portraits of the physician who treated him, Doctor Paul Gachet.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Other novelists have turned to acidic, class-conscious portraits of the underemployed—see Andrew Martin and Halle Butler.
    — Ryan Chapman, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of portraits
Verb
  • This text outlines eight successive stages of yoga aimed at reaching mental tranquility through focus on God.
    — Bhakti Mamtora, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The settlement also outlines more robust and user-friendly parental controls, stronger age verification measures TikTok must take, and stronger content moderation protocols.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of outlines
Noun
  • This beautiful retrospective volume shows a poet developing steadily, from the graceful descriptions and encoded trauma of the poems from the 1990s through the loosening music and political engagement of the books of the last ten years.
    — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • That their descriptions need to be on point and keyword-rich.
    — Tonia Ryan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of descriptions
Verb
  • The title hints that the film will follow Aegon the Conqueror, who, along with his sister-wives Visenya and Rhaenys, invaded Westeros and conquered most of the Seven Kingdoms with the help of their dragons, Balerion, Vhagar and Meraxes.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • According to the rules of the game, Joker can only give his team members hints while the rest of the class watches and laughs at their stumbles.
    — Will Collins, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of hints
Noun
  • The cumulative effect of the bowl’s ambient violence (robbery, assault, and overdose abound) amounts to an open-air despair not unlike Fox News-style depictions of California as a wholesale war zone.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The collaboration launches with the work of LeRoy Neiman, who is known for his expressionist depictions of sports, leisure, and other facets of Americana.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of depictions
Verb
  • Corruption across the political divide Much of this year’s fatigue traces back to a sense of hopelessness over systemic corruption, which ranks among voters’ biggest concerns, yet neither camp can claim the issue as its own, say experts.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Withholding his feelings and observations from family and lovers while sharing them with the outside world, Chen traces variations of longing and desire.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of traces
Noun
  • But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of pictures
Verb
  • Giuffra on Friday also referred to a Cornell document that summarizes key evidence included in a university disciplinary panel’s decision.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The film ends with Kaczynski being apprehended, and summarizes the years to follow via text on the screen.
    — Jane LaCroix, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of summarizes

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“Vignettes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vignettes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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