adj
Meaning 1
Sketchy, shady, questionable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sketch
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canadian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Standard: /ˈskɛt͡ʃ/
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Canadian, General-American, Received-Pronunciation, Standard: [ˈskɛt͡ʃ]
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Australian: /ˈsket͡ʃ/
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Australian: [ˈsket͡ʃ]
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New-Zealand: /ˈske̝t͡ʃ/
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New-Zealand: [ˈske̝t͡ʃ]
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rhymes with -ɛtʃ
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adj
Meaning 2
Sketchy, shady, questionable.
Fascist or with right-wing or neo-Nazi ties; NSBM.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Qualifier: black metal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not intended as a finished work, often consisting of a multitude of overlapping lines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A rough design, plan, or draft, as a rough draft of a book.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: croquis
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A brief description of a person or account of an incident; a general presentation or outline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I have to write a character sketch for a novel study.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pen picture, pen portrait
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.
A brief musical composition or theme, especially for the piano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A brief, light, or unfinished dramatic, musical, or literary work or idea; especially a short, often humorous or satirical scene or play, frequently as part of a revue or variety show.
A brief, light, or informal literary composition, such as an essay or short story.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: skit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
An amusing person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A lookout; vigilant watch for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, slang
Examples
- to keep sketch
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A humorous newspaper article summarizing political events, making heavy use of metaphor, paraphrase and caricature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A formal specification of a mathematical structure or a data type described in terms of a graph and diagrams (and cones (and cocones)) on it. It can be implemented by means of “models”, which are functors which are graph homomorphisms from the formal specification to categories such that the diagrams become commutative, the cones become limiting (i.e., products), the cocones become colimiting (i.e., sums).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: category-theory, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To make a brief, basic drawing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- I usually sketch with a pen rather than a pencil.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To describe briefly and with very few details.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- He sketched the accident, sticking to the facts as they had happened.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
preliminary drawing for later elaboration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he made several studies before starting to paint
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: study
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drawing
Narrower terms: design, draft, rough drawing, vignette
noun
Meaning 15
short descriptive summary (of events)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: survey, resume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: summary, sum-up
noun
Meaning 16
a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cartoon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
Narrower terms: comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies
noun
Meaning 17
a brief literary description
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vignette
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: description
verb
Meaning 18
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sketch the outline of the book
- outline his ideas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: outline, adumbrate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: describe, depict, draw
Narrower terms: block out
verb
Meaning 19
make a sketch of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- sketch the building
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chalk out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: draw
History
Etymology
From Dutch schets or German Skizze, from Italian schizzo, from Latin schedium, from Ancient Greek σχέδιος (skhédios, “made suddenly, off-hand”), from σχεδόν (skhedón, “near, nearby”), from ἔχω (ékhō, “to hold”). Compare scheme.
Across languages
Translations
205 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: skicë — quick freehand drawing
- Arabic: رَسْم تَقْرِيبِيّ (rasm taqrībiyy) — quick freehand drawing
- Arabic: رَسِيمَة (rasīma) — quick freehand drawing
- Armenian: էսքիզ (ēskʻiz) — quick freehand drawing
- Azerbaijani: eskiz — quick freehand drawing
- Belarusian: эскі́з (eskíz) — quick freehand drawing
- Belarusian: на́кід (nákid) — quick freehand drawing
- Bulgarian: ески́з (eskíz) — quick freehand drawing
- Catalan: esbós — quick freehand drawing
- Catalan: esbossos — quick freehand drawing
- Catalan: croquis — quick freehand drawing
- Chinese Mandarin: 草拟 (cǎonǐ) — quick freehand drawing
- Chinese Mandarin: 速写 (sùxiě) — quick freehand drawing
- Chinese Mandarin: 素描 (sùmiáo) — quick freehand drawing
- Czech: náčrt — quick freehand drawing
- Czech: skica — quick freehand drawing
- Danish: skitse — quick freehand drawing
- Dutch: schets — quick freehand drawing
- Esperanto: skizo — quick freehand drawing
- Estonian: visand — quick freehand drawing
- Estonian: skits — quick freehand drawing
- Finnish: luonnos — quick freehand drawing
- Finnish: hahmotelma — quick freehand drawing
- Finnish: skitsi — quick freehand drawing
- French: esquisse — quick freehand drawing
- West-Frisian: skets — quick freehand drawing
- Galician: bosquexo — quick freehand drawing
- Galician: anteproxecto — quick freehand drawing
- Georgian: ესკიზი (esḳizi) — quick freehand drawing
- German: Skizze — quick freehand drawing
- Greek: σκίτσο (skítso) — quick freehand drawing
- Hebrew: סְקִיצָה (skítsa) — quick freehand drawing
- Hungarian: skicc — quick freehand drawing
- Icelandic: skissa — quick freehand drawing
- Indonesian: sketsa — quick freehand drawing
- Irish: sceitse — quick freehand drawing
- Italian: schizzo — quick freehand drawing
- Japanese: スケッチ (suketchi) — quick freehand drawing
- Japanese: 素描 (sobyō) — quick freehand drawing
- Kazakh: нобай (nobai) — quick freehand drawing
- Kazakh: эскиз (éskiz) — quick freehand drawing
- Korean: 스케치 (seukechi) — quick freehand drawing
- Korean: 소묘 (somyo) — quick freehand drawing
- Kyrgyz: эскиз (eskiz) — quick freehand drawing
- Latin: īnfōrmātiō — quick freehand drawing
- Latvian: skice — quick freehand drawing
- Lithuanian: eskizas — quick freehand drawing
- Macedonian: скица (skica) — quick freehand drawing
- Macedonian: нацрт (nacrt) — quick freehand drawing
- Norwegian Bokmål: skisse — quick freehand drawing
- Iranian Persian: اِسْکیس (eskis) — quick freehand drawing
- Iranian Persian: پیشطَرْح (piš-tarh) — quick freehand drawing
- Polish: szkic — quick freehand drawing
- Portuguese: esboço — quick freehand drawing
- Portuguese: rascunho — quick freehand drawing
- Portuguese: esquisso — quick freehand drawing
- Romagnol: abòz — quick freehand drawing
- Romanian: schiță — quick freehand drawing
- Russian: эски́з (eskíz) — quick freehand drawing
- Russian: набро́сок (nabrósok) — quick freehand drawing
- Russian: скетч (sketč) — quick freehand drawing
- Serbo-Croatian: на́црт — quick freehand drawing
- Serbo-Croatian: ски̏ца — quick freehand drawing
- Serbo-Croatian: nácrt — quick freehand drawing
- Serbo-Croatian: skȉca — quick freehand drawing
- Slovak: skica — quick freehand drawing
- Slovene: skica — quick freehand drawing
- Spanish: esquicio — quick freehand drawing
- Spanish: bosquejo — quick freehand drawing
- Spanish: esbozo — quick freehand drawing
- Swedish: skiss — quick freehand drawing
- Tajik: ангора (angora) — quick freehand drawing
- Tajik: эскиз (eskiz) — quick freehand drawing
- Tajik: пештарҳ (peštarh) — quick freehand drawing
- Tamil: வரைப்பேனா (varaippēṉā) — quick freehand drawing
- Thai: งานร่าง (ngaan-râang) — quick freehand drawing
- Turkish: eskiz — quick freehand drawing
- Ottoman Turkish: رسم (resm, resim) — quick freehand drawing
- Ukrainian: на́черк (náčerk) — quick freehand drawing
- Ukrainian: на́рис (nárys) — quick freehand drawing
- Ukrainian: ескі́з (eskíz) — quick freehand drawing
- Uzbek: eskiz — quick freehand drawing
- Vietnamese: phác hoạ — quick freehand drawing
- Welsh: braslun — quick freehand drawing
- Bulgarian: ски́ца (skíca) — rough design or draft
- Catalan: esborrany — rough design or draft
- Dutch: schets — rough design or draft
- Dutch: studie — rough design or draft
- Finnish: luonnos — rough design or draft
- Finnish: hahmotelma — rough design or draft
- French: ébauche — rough design or draft
- French: étude — rough design or draft
- Hebrew: סְקִיצָה (skítsa) — rough design or draft
- Hungarian: vázlat — rough design or draft
- Indonesian: sketsa — rough design or draft
- Italian: scarabocchio — rough design or draft
- Italian: bozza — rough design or draft
- Kazakh: нобай (nobai) — rough design or draft
- Macedonian: скица (skica) — rough design or draft
- Polish: schemat — rough design or draft
- Portuguese: rascunho — rough design or draft
- Romagnol: abòz — rough design or draft
- Russian: набро́сок (nabrósok) — rough design or draft
- Russian: этюд (etjud) — rough design or draft
- Slovene: skica — rough design or draft
- Slovene: očrt — rough design or draft
- Swedish: skiss — rough design or draft
- Welsh: braslun — rough design or draft
- Bulgarian: беле́жки (beléžki) — brief description
- Catalan: esbós — brief description
- Dutch: schets — brief description
- Finnish: hahmotelma — brief description
- French: esquisse — brief description
- Italian: resoconto — brief description
- Italian: descrizione — brief description
- Russian: о́черк (óčerk) — brief description
- Slovene: skica — brief description
- Slovene: oris — brief description
- Bulgarian: скеч (skeč) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Catalan: esquetx — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Chinese Mandarin: 素描 (sùmiáo) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Dutch: sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Esperanto: skeĉo — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Finnish: sketsi — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- French: sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- French: saynète — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- German: Sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Greek: σκετς (skets) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Greek: νούμερο (noúmero) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Indonesian: sketsa — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Irish: sceitse — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Italian: sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Italian: numero — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Italian: quadro — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Italian: scenetta — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Japanese: スケッチ (suketchi) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Korean: 스케치 (seukechi) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Norwegian Bokmål: sketsj — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: sketsj — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Polish: skecz — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Portuguese: sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Portuguese: esquete — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Russian: скетч (sketč) — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: ске̏ч — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: skȅč — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Slovene: skeč — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Spanish: sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Spanish: sainete — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Swedish: sketch — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Welsh: braslun — brief musical, dramatic or literary work etc.
- Finnish: pelle — informal: amusing person
- Finnish: vitsi — informal: amusing person
- Italian: macchietta — informal: amusing person
- Finnish: pakina — humorous newspaper article
- Russian: фельето́н (felʹjetón) — humorous newspaper article
- Arabic: رسم (rasam) — to make a basic drawing
- Bulgarian: скицирам (skiciram) — to make a basic drawing
- Catalan: fer un esbós — to make a basic drawing
- Catalan: esbossar — to make a basic drawing
- Catalan: croquisar — to make a basic drawing
- Chinese Mandarin: 草擬 /草拟 (cǎonǐ) — to make a basic drawing
- Chinese Mandarin: 寫生 /写生 (xiěshēng) — to make a basic drawing
- Czech: načrtnout — to make a basic drawing
- Czech: naskicovat — to make a basic drawing
- Danish: skitsere — to make a basic drawing
- Dutch: schetsen — to make a basic drawing
- Esperanto: skizi — to make a basic drawing
- Finnish: luonnostella — to make a basic drawing
- French: croquer — to make a basic drawing
- French: esquisser — to make a basic drawing
- Galician: debuxar — to make a basic drawing
- Galician: bosquexar — to make a basic drawing
- Galician: deliñar — to make a basic drawing
- German: skizzieren — to make a basic drawing
- Hungarian: vázol — to make a basic drawing
- Italian: abbozzare — to make a basic drawing
- Italian: schizzare — to make a basic drawing
- Italian: delineare — to make a basic drawing
- Māori: huahua — to make a basic drawing
- Polish: szkicować — to make a basic drawing
- Polish: naszkicować — to make a basic drawing
- Portuguese: rascunhar — to make a basic drawing
- Romanian: schița — to make a basic drawing
- Russian: набра́сывать (nabrásyvatʹ) — to make a basic drawing
- Russian: наброса́ть (nabrosátʹ) — to make a basic drawing
- Spanish: esquiciar — to make a basic drawing
- Spanish: bosquejar — to make a basic drawing
- Spanish: esbozar — to make a basic drawing
- Swedish: skissa — to make a basic drawing
- Ottoman Turkish: چیزمك (çizmek) — to make a basic drawing
- Ottoman Turkish: چكمك (çekmek) — to make a basic drawing
- Vietnamese: phác thảo — to make a basic drawing
- Bulgarian: нахвърлям (nahvǎrljam) — to describe briefly and with few details
- Czech: načrtnout — to describe briefly and with few details
- Dutch: schetsen — to describe briefly and with few details
- Finnish: hahmotella — to describe briefly and with few details
- French: croquer — to describe briefly and with few details
- Hungarian: vázol — to describe briefly and with few details
- Italian: sunteggiare — to describe briefly and with few details
- Italian: sintetizzare — to describe briefly and with few details
- Italian: schematizzare — to describe briefly and with few details
- Italian: compendiare — to describe briefly and with few details
- Polish: szkicować — to describe briefly and with few details
- Polish: naszkicować — to describe briefly and with few details
- Russian: обрисовать (obrisovatʹ) — to describe briefly and with few details
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