Synonyms for silhouette
ˌsɪl uˈɛtsil·hou·ette

Princeton's WordNet

1. silhouettenoun

   an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)

2. silhouetteverb

   a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color

3. silhouetteverb

   project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette

4. silhouetteverb

   represent by a silhouette

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1. • Outline
   • Project
   • Represent

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1. polynomenoun

   filled outline of an object or person

   it is difficult to identify some objects from their silhouette.

   Submitted by rinat on May 31, 2023  

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1. List of paraphrases for "silhouette":

   figure

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1. Professor Brown:

   For decades radio interferometry has been done at centimetre wavelengths using telescopes spread across continents, however, if you do the same observations at millimetre wavelengths then you canproduce images with better resolution, and see (in silhouette) the black hole at the centre of our galaxy.

2. Katie Cecilio:

   I picked this suit also because it complements my dog's color. When I'm behind him, it helps his silhouette stand out.

3. Seb Lyall:

   Every table that you sit at is designed so that the sight is obstructed between other dining parties, the restaurant is partitioned or there’s bamboo or you only see someone’s back or a silhouette or their shadows from candles.

4. Benjamin Mouton:

   On the other hand, we must recreate the cathedral's silhouette and rebuild the spire. That to me is indispensable.

5. Victoria Elena Vasquez:

   The term is called counter elimination, the way you can picture it is if you were on a boat and you looked down and you saw a silhouette of something. You didn’t know what it was but you saw a shadow in the water. The idea here is that these sharks are trying to glow just enough to eliminate that shadow.