SILHOUETTE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SILHOUETTE?

Need another word that means the same as “silhouette”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “silhouette” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Silhouette” are: outline, contour, contours, profile, delineation, form, shape, figure, shadow, features, lines, curves, configuration, etch, delineate, define, demarcate, delimit, mark off, trace

Silhouette as a Noun

Definitions of "Silhouette" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “silhouette” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color.
• A representation of someone or something showing the shape and outline only, typically coloured in solid black.
• The dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background.
• An outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow.

Synonyms of "Silhouette" as a noun (13 Words)

configuration	The arrangement or set-up of the hardware and software that make up a computer system. The unrepeatable configuration of the stars at the moment of your birth.
contour	Any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline. The road climbs steadily following the contours of the hillside.
contours	A feature (or the order or arrangement of features) of anything having a complex structure. The contours of the melody.
curves	A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter.
delineation	The action of indicating the exact position of a border or boundary. The artist s exquisite delineation of costume and jewellery.
features	An article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles. An expression of pleasure crossed his features.
figure	A person seen indistinctly or from a distance. He made a figure of Santa Claus.
form	A printed document with blank spaces for information to be inserted. They are one of the best teams around on current form.
lines	Text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.
outline	A line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram. The chalked outline of a human body.
profile	An analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics. A sleep profile for someone on a shift system.
shadow	An indication that something has been present. A stranger slowly approached from the shadows.
shape	The state of good health especially in the phrases in condition or in shape or out of condition or out of shape. He saw a shape through the mist.

Usage Examples of "Silhouette" as a noun

• We can always use a silhouette of Father Christmas.
• She paused to see its silhouette against the dimming sky.

Silhouette as a Verb

Definitions of "Silhouette" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “silhouette” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Cast or show (someone or something) as a dark shape and outline against a brighter background.
• Represent by a silhouette.
• Project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette.

Synonyms of "Silhouette" as a verb (8 Words)

define	Give a definition for the meaning of a word. The camera could define the smallest object.
delimit	Determine the essential quality of. Agreements delimiting fishing zones.
delineate	Describe or portray (something) precisely. His finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker.
demarcate	Set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something. Art was being demarcated from the more objective science.
etch	Use the etching process to produce a print or design. The leafless branches etched against the sky.
mark off	Make small marks into the surface of.
outline	Draw up an outline or sketch for something. She outlined the case briefly.
trace	Discover traces of. Trace a map of the world on to a large piece of paper.

Usage Examples of "Silhouette" as a verb

• The castle was silhouetted against the sky.

Associations of "Silhouette" (30 Words)

alley	The area between the outfielders in left-centre or right-centre field. He took a short cut along an alley.
ashen	(of a person’s face) very pale with shock, fear, or illness. The ashen colour of the landscape.
black	Make something black blacken. Black looks.
blond	A light grayish yellow to near white. Blond Scandinavians.
brownish	Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. Where I live the soil is brownish red.
cheerless	Gloomy; depressing. The corridors were ill lit and cheerless.
dark	A dark colour or shade especially in a painting. Matthew flashed a dark look at her.
darken	Tarnish or stain. The sky was darkening rapidly.
dun	An artificial fishing fly made to resemble a dun. The dun and dreary prairie.
dusky	Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. Dusky light came from a small window.
ebony	A tree of tropical and warm temperate regions which produces ebony. His ebony hair.
gangly	Tall and thin.
glum	Showing a brooding ill humor- Bruce Bli. A glum hopeless shrug.
gray	English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation was named 1905 1965. Gray flannel suit.
grey	Showing characteristics of age especially having grey or white hair. A cold grey November day.
lissom	Moving and bending with ease. The kind of outfit that should be left to lissom teenagers.
lithe	Gracefully thin and bending and moving with ease. She lay gazing up at his tall lithe figure.
magenta	A primary subtractive color for light a dark purple red color the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859 the year of the battle of Magenta. Bright pink double flowers each lined in dark magenta.
maroon	Leave stranded on a desert island without resources. The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island.
narrow	Make or become more narrow or restricted. The gap between the sexes is narrowing.
slender	Being of delicate or slender build. Her slender neck.
slim	A course or period of slimming. A slim chance of winning.
stygian	Hellish- Milton.
sullen	A sulky or depressed mood. A sullen crowd.
svelte	(of a person) slender and elegant. She was svelte and sophisticated.
swarthy	Naturally having skin of a dark color. A smile on his swarthy face.
thin	Make thin or thinner. A thin book.
thinness	The quality of a liquid substance not containing much solid. The thinness of the paper.
tiny	A very young child. A tiny hummingbird.
waif	A young person who is thin and looks unhealthy or uncared for. A little shop presided over by a Gothic waif in purple eyeshadow and lipstick.