outline
outline is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.
- noun. In art: A line drawn by pencil, pen, graver, or the like, by which the boundary of a figure is indicated.
- noun. A sketch composed of such lines; the delineation of a figure without shading.
- noun. Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech.
- transitive verb. To draw the outline of.
- transitive verb. Fig.: To sketch out or indicate as by an outline; as, to outline an argument or a campaign.
- noun. a schematic or preliminary plan
- noun. a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory
- noun. the line that appears to bound an object
- verb. describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
"sketch the outline of the book"
"outline his ideas"
- verb. trace the shape of
- verb. draw up an outline or sketch for something
"draft a speech"
Synonyms
schema, scheme, abstract, precis, synopsis, lineation, adumbrate, sketch, delineate, limn, draft
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in outline:
Common word forms
outlined, outliner, outlines, outlining, outlineless
Words from these letters
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