Definition for Silhouette:

• sil-[= oo]- et', n. a shadow-outline of the human figure or profile filled in of a dark colour.-- v.t. to represent in silhouette: to bring out a shaded profile or outline view of. [ Étienne de Silhouette ( 1709-67), French minister of finance for four months in 1759, after whom everything cheap was named, from his excessive economy. According to Littré, the making of such shadow-portraits was a favourite pastime of his; hence the name.]

Synonyms for Silhouette:

• adj.

  •outlined (adjective)
  • bordered,
  • figured,
  • Sketched,
  • formed,
  • Profiled,
  • traced,
  • circumscribed,
  • encircled,
  • contoured,
  • delineated,
  • outlined.

• n.

  •
  • canvas,
  • collage,
  • daub,
  • doodle,
  • diptych,
  • abstract,
  • aquatint,
  • caricature,
  • bas relief.
  •
  • proportions,
  • build,
  • surface,
  • formation,
  • edge.
  •
  • fashion,
  • couturier,
  • haute couture,
  • goth,
  • house,
  • catwalk,
  • collection,
  • fashionista,
  • fashion house,
  • fashion show.
  •artifact (noun)
  • silhouette.
  •contour (noun)
  • study at outline.
  •face (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • dis-plays,
  • dis-play,
  • sur face,
  • sur-face,
  • dis-guises,
  • dis-guise,
  • sur-faces,
  • dis guise,
  • dis play,
  • dis guises,
  • sur faces.
  •figure (noun)
  • pro-portions,
  • pro portion,
  • sub stances,
  • pro-portion,
  • pro portions,
  • sub-stance,
  • sub-stances,
  • sub stance.
  •outline (noun)
  • frame,
  • periphery,
  • etching,
  • circumference,
  • framework,
  • skeleton,
  • line,
  • likeness,
  • limit,
  • configuration,
  • perimeter,
  • girth,
  • tracing,
  • sketch,
  • shadow,
  • plan,
  • border,
  • wire frame,
  • delineation.
  •profile (noun)
  • side views,
  • pro file,
  • pro-files,
  • pro-file,
  • pro files.
  •representation (noun)
  • duplication,
  • approximation,
  • facsimile,
  • miniature,
  • figurine,
  • impression,
  • analogy,
  • statue,
  • replica,
  • model,
  • rendering,
  • portrayal,
  • illustration,
  • effigy,
  • bust,
  • carving,
  • idol,
  • imitation,
  • pastiche,
  • copy,
  • depiction,
  • picture,
  • image,
  • representation,
  • metaphor,
  • cast,
  • photograph,
  • snapshot,
  • cartoon.
  •shape (noun)
  • meta-morphosis,
  • meta morphoses,
  • meta morphosis,
  • meta-morphoses.

• v.

  •outline (verb)
  • trace,
  • circumscribe,
  • draw,
  • draft,
  • delineate.
  •represent (verb)
  • duplicate,
  • depict,
  • imitate,
  • illustrate,
  • portray,
  • ape,
  • approximate,
  • simulate,
  • render,
  • replicate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cutout.
  •
  • solid.

Paraphrases for Silhouette:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    shape.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    outline, figure.

Antonyms for Silhouette:

• n.

  • outline
    light, body, brightness.

Silhouette Sentence Examples:

• I don't fancy his silhouette.

• The curtains, quivering in the night wind, distorted these shadows, and made confusion of them; but the wind died away for a moment, and, outlined on the curtains, the patient watcher saw a silhouette of Jake, his body - servant.

Homophones for Silhouette:

• sociality, solidity, solitude, school day, skuld, scald, sleuth, sullied, sleet, salaat, shallot, silt, sold, solid, Soledad, salted, sell out, sled, slideway, slit, swelled head, swallowed, seclude, slot, squillidae, salyut, slate, scheelite, skilled, slow-witted, so-called, silty, suckled, shelled, sacculate, soleidae, salat, sold-out, shackled, sexuality, squalid, salt away, sallet, slide, sallade, solute, shell out, sulidae, sialolith, Sacculated, squalidae, sackcloth, salad, secluded, sozzled, scold, slaty, salute, sleety, soled, sealed, swellhead, sally out, sild, salty, slut, salt ii, salt i, sellout, scaled, slat, saltate, schoolwide, shield, soiled, socialite, skillet, sloth, salt, sialidae, scheldt, scolytidae, swelled, shielded, slatey.

Hyponym for Silhouette:

• n.

  • artifact
    drawing.
  • location
    lineation, outline.

• v.

  • creation
    interpret, represent.
  • perception
    project.