delineate

Meaning

1. To sketch out, draw or trace an outline.
2. To depict, represent with pictures.
3. To describe or depict with words or gestures.
4. To outline or mark out.

Synonyms

draw

describe

outline

depict

portray

define

sketch

paint

limn

trace

delimit

line

design

write

✍️

represented

represent

express

picture

delimitate

show

delineated

specify

drawing

painting

🖼️

draft

narrate

narrow

narrow down

organize

pictured

pin down

profile

pull together

qualify

rough

score

score out

scratch out

set

shoot

silhouette

skeletonize

strike off

write off

block in

sketch out

draw lines

delete

to portray in words

adumbrate

black out

block out

bound

cancel

circumscribe

conceptualise

conceptualize

coordinate

craw

cross off

cross out

demarcate

described

determine

divide

epitomize

establish

expound

film

📽️

illustrate

imagine

mark

mark off

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪniːeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin dēlīneātus, past participle of dēlīneo (“to sketch out, to delineate”), from de- + līnea (“line”).