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sketch

preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint"

short descriptive summary (of events)

a brief literary description

describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of; "sketch the outline of the book"; "outline his ideas"

make a sketch of; "sketch the building"

Synonyms:

• Grand Guignol,
• Passion play,
• Tom show,
• abbreviation,
• abbreviature,
• abrege,
• abridge,
• abridgment,
• abstract,
• act,
• act as foil,
• adumbrate,
• afterpiece,
• antimasque,
• appear,
• article,
• audience success,
• ballet,
• barnstorm,
• bit,
• black and white,
• block in,
• block out,
• blueprint,
• bomb,
• brief,
• bring to life,
• broadcast drama,
• brouillon,
• burlesque show,
• cameo,
• capsule,
• capsulize,
• cartoon,
• catalog,
• cataloging,
• causerie,
• chalk,
• chalk out,
• character,
• character sketch,
• characterization,
• characterize,
• charade,
• charcoal,
• charcoal drawing,
• chart,
• chaser,
• chiaroscuro,
• cliff hanger,
• closet drama,
• color,
• come out,
• comedy drama,
• compend,
• condensation,
• condense,
• condensed version,
• conspectus,
• copy,
• crayon,
• critical success,
• crosshatch,
• curtain,
• curtain call,
• curtain raiser,
• dash off,
• daub,
• daytime serial,
• delineate,
• delineation,
• depict,
• depiction,
• descant,
• describe,
• description,
• design,
• detail,
• details,
• develop,
• diagram,
• dialogue,
• digest,
• discourse,
• discussion,
• disquisition,
• dissertation,
• divertimento,
• divertissement,
• documentary drama,
• doodle,
• draft,
• drama,
• dramalogue,
• dramatic play,
• dramatic series,
• draw,
• drawing,
• duodrama,
• duologue,
• ebauche,
• elevation,
• emote,
• emotionalize,
• epic theater,
• epilogue,
• epitome,
• esquisse,
• essay,
• etude,
• evocation,
• evoke,
• examination,
• excursus,
• exode,
• exodus,
• experimental theater,
• exposition,
• expository scene,
• express,
• extravaganza,
• failure,
• feature,
• figure,
• finale,
• first approach,
• flop,
• gasser,
• get top billing,
• give words to,
• giveaway,
• graph,
• graphic account,
• ground plan,
• happening,
• hatch,
• head,
• hit,
• hit show,
• hoke act,
• homily,
• house plan,
• ichnography,
• image,
• imagery,
• impression,
• improvisational drama,
• interlude,
• intermezzo,
• intermission,
• introduction,
• introductory study,
• itemization,
• lay,
• lay off,
• lay out,
• legitimate drama,
• limn,
• limning,
• line,
• line drawing,
• lucubration,
• map,
• map out,
• mark off,
• mark out,
• masque,
• melodrama,
• memoir,
• mime,
• minstrel show,
• miracle,
• miracle play,
• monodrama,
• monograph,
• monologue,
• morality,
• morality play,
• morceau,
• music drama,
• musical revue,
• mystery,
• mystery play,
• note,
• number,
• nutshell,
• opera,
• outline,
• overview,
• pageant,
• paint,
• paint a picture,
• pandect,
• panel show,
• pantomime,
• paper,
• paragraph,
• particularization,
• pastel,
• pastoral,
• pastoral drama,
• patter,
• pattern,
• pen-and-ink,
• pencil,
• pencil drawing,
• perform,
• photograph,
• picture,
• picturize,
• piece,
• play,
• play the lead,
• playact,
• playlet,
• plot,
• plot out,
• portrait,
• portraiture,
• portray,
• portrayal,
• precis,
• preliminary study,
• problem play,
• profile,
• projection,
• prolegomenon,
• prologue,
• psychodrama,
• quiz show,
• radio drama,
• register,
• render,
• rendering,
• rendition,
• represent,
• representation,
• research paper,
• review,
• revue,
• rough,
• rough copy,
• rough draft,
• rough in,
• rough out,
• rough outline,
• routine,
• rubric,
• scene,
• scratch,
• screed,
• scumble,
• sensational play,
• serial,
• set forth,
• set out,
• shade,
• shorten,
• shortened version,
• show,
• shtick,
• silhouette,
• silver-print drawing,
• sinopia,
• sitcom,
• situation comedy,
• skeleton,
• sketch out,
• skit,
• soap,
• soap opera,
• sociodrama,
• song and dance,
• special article,
• specification,
• spectacle,
• stage play,
• stage show,
• stand-up comedy act,
• star,
• steal the show,
• stencil,
• stooge,
• straight drama,
• striptease,
• study,
• success,
• summarize,
• survey,
• suspense drama,
• syllabus,
• synopsis,
• synopsize,
• table,
• tableau,
• tableau vivant,
• talk show,
• teleplay,
• television drama,
• television play,
• term paper,
• theater of cruelty,
• theme,
• thesis,
• thumbnail sketch,
• tint,
• topical outline,
• total theater,
• trace,
• tracing,
• tract,
• tractate,
• tread the boards,
• treatise,
• treatment,
• troupe,
• turn,
• upstage,
• variety show,
• vaudeville,
• vaudeville show,
• vehicle,
• vignette,
• vivid description,
• word painting,
• word-of-mouth success,
• work,
• working drawing,
• write