settle, install, ensconce, lodge, nest; plant, Inf. plunk, park. situation, n. 1. location, position, place, site. See site.
2. condition, case, plight, predicament, Inf. kettle of fish, Inf how-do-you-do; circumstances, state of affairs, state, Inf. ball game; the lay of the land, the picture.
3. standing, footing, status, estate, class, caste; level, degree, grade, rank; lot, fate, luck, portion, cup. size, n. 1. proportions, dimensions, measurements; density, thickness, magnitude, bulk, mass, largeness; quantity, volume, weight; extent, amount, range, scope; expanse, area, square footage.
2. condition, circumstance, state, state of affairs, situation, Inf. ball game.
-v. 3. Usu. size up appraise, judge, assess, assay, evaluate, valuate; gauge, rate, rank, measure; estimate, reckon, guess, Inf. guesstimate, skeleton, n. 1. bone structure, bones, anatomy;
backbone, spine, shine, vertebrae.
2. framework, frame, structure, shape; beams, rafters, girders; shell, chassis, hull; support, scaffold, scaffolding, platform.
3. scarecrow, bag of bones, Fig. cadaver; long or tall drink of water, Jack Sprat.
4. outline, sketch, scenario, layout, design; blueprint, diagram, plan, draft, rough draft; cast, mold, die. skeptic, n. questioner, doubter, man or woman from Missouri, doubting Thomas; disbeliever, nonconformist, dissenter, freethinker, agnostic, unbeliever, nullifidian; scoffer, cynic, Pyrrhonist, minimifidian; defeatist, pessimist, skeptical, adj. distrustful, mistrustful, suspicious; questioning, doubting, doubtful, dubious, wondering; disbelieving, unbelieving, incredulous, cynical, minimifidian; pessimistic, defeatist; apprehensive, uncertain, fearful, afraid, skepticism, n. doubt, distrust, mistrust, suspicion; disbelief, incredulity, incredulousness; cynicism, negativism, defeatism, defeatist attitude, pessimism; unbelief, agnosticism, Pyrrhonism, minimifidiamsm. sketch, n. 1. preliminary drawing, study, draft, rough outline; representation, delineation, configuration, diagram; design, blueprint, scenario.
2. summary, epitome, synopsis, abstract, compendium, digest, conspectus; condensation, abridgment, reduction, compression, abbreviation; analysis, recapitulation; resume, brief, precis; outline, aper^u, review, syllabus, prospectus; docket, bulletin, minute; extracts, fragments, cuttings, analects, clippings, citations.
3. short play, skit, charade, act, routine, scene, depiction, interlude, pantomime, characterization; lampoon, take-off.
-v. 4. outline, design, contour, draft, trace; block out, mark out, chalk out, rough out; portray, depict, picture; scratch, limn, stencil, pencil, demarcate, delineate.
5. summarize, sum up, give a brief accounting of. sketchy, adj. 1. rough, preliminary, provisional, preparatory, initial; rough-hewn, crude; unfinished, unexecuted, unrefined, unpolished.
2. imperfect, incomplete, defective, deficient; superficial, slight, shallow, skindeep; cursory, touch-and-go, brief, short, slipshod, careless, Sl. half-ass; meager, insufficient, skimpy, scrimpy, scanty, light, modest, inconsiderable, insignificant, inadequate; inexact, ill-defined, vague, indistinct, fuzzy, skew, v. 1. turn aside, bend or move aside, deflect, shift, swerve, sheer, turn, veer, deviate, diverge,