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Synonyms for adumbrate in English

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adumbrate:
- intimate; insinuate; adumbrate; outline; sketch

English

Detailed Synonyms for adumbrate in English

adumbrate:

adumbrate verb

adumbrate

– give to understand ¹
to intimate; to insinuate; adumbrate
– give to understand ¹
- intimate verb (intimates, intimated, intimating)
- insinuate verb (insinuates, insinuated, insinuating)
  - I insinuated that I did not like his wife¹
- adumbrate verb
adumbrate

– describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of ¹
to outline; to sketch; adumbrate
– describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of ¹
- outline verb (outlines, outlined, outlining)
  - sketch the outline of the book¹
  - outline his ideas¹
- sketch verb (sketches, sketched, sketching)
  - sketch the outline of the book¹
- adumbrate verb

Alternate Synonyms for "adumbrate":

sketch; outline; describe; depict; draw
intimate; insinuate; hint; suggest

Related Definitions for "adumbrate":

give to understand¹
describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University