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