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Adumbrate

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.

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Depict 76% connected

Depicted.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Describe 76% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hint 76% connected

To bring to mind by a slight mention or remote allusion; to suggest in an indirect manner; as, to hint a suspicion.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suggest 76% connected

To introduce indirectly to the thoughts; to cause to be thought of, usually by the agency of other objects.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Innuendo 74% connected

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Innuendo 74% connected

An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sketch 74% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Sketch 74% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Survey 74% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Survey 74% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Insinuate 92% connected

To introduce gently or slowly, as by a winding or narrow passage, or a gentle, persistent movement.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Intimate 92% connected

Innermost; inward; internal; deep-seated; hearty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Outline 92% connected

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sketch 92% connected

An outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a repres…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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