Synonyms for silhouette
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
An artistic depiction, often of a person's profile, in the form of an outline without any other visual details, similar to a shadow, made by cutting a piece of black paper, filling in an outline with a solid colour (usually black), etc.
Related words
- Phrases
- empire silhouette
- Other spellings
- silhouet US
Forms
- Plural
- silhouettes → shadows…
Example sentences
- shadow There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| silhouette | rising | |
| shadow | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- shadow2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (shadow2 = 2 syllables).