outline, n. 1. contour, boundary, limit, silhouette, profile; lineaments, delineation, configuration, conformation; horizon, coast, brim, perimeter, circumference, periphery.
2. sketch, draft, plan, lines, skeleton; framework, scenario, layout, diagram, map, study, design; tracing, suggestion, cast, rough draft, delineation, penciling.
3. summary, epitome, synopsis, compendium, symposium, compilation, digest, conspectus; condensation, abridgment, reduction, compression, abbreviation; analysis, recapitulation; r£sum£, abstract, brief, precis; apergu, sketch, review, syllabus, prospectus; docket, bulletin, minute; extracts, fragments, cuttings, analects, clippings, citations; skeleton, thumbnail sketch; schedule, roster, agenda, slate.
-v. 4. draw, design, frame, project, plan out; rough out, map, chart, sketch, draft; define, delineate, silhouette, profile, skeletonize; pencil, trace; diagram, block, shape, fashion.
5. summarize, epitomize, abridge; sum up, highlight, recapitulate.
outlive, v. 1. survive, endure beyond, remain after.
2. outlast, survive, abide, persist, persevere, come through, pull through, recuperate, rally, resurge.
outlook, n. 1. view, vista, exposure, aspect, scene, landscape, picture, spectacle, panorama.
2. expectation, expectancy, anticipation, prospect, future prospect, contingency; promise, hope, probability, likelihood, chance; possibility, susceptibility, liableness, liability; assumption, presumption, speculation, reckoning, calculation; apprehension, anxiety.
3. perspective, mental viewpoint, attitude, point of view, frame of mind, disposition, emotional tone, temper, vein, grain, mood, humor, cast, spirit; position, standpoint, interpretation, side, slant, angle, light.
4. lookout, watchtower, Naut. crow's nest, observatory, observaton post, lookout point, gazebo, belvedere.
outlying, adj. remote, distant, faraway, a long way off, Inf. a good ways off, far-off; detached, isolated, inaccessible, out-of-the-way, secluded, insular, lonely, forsaken, Godforsaken, in a backwater, forgotten by the world; unfrequented, off the beaten path, removed, separate, apart; peripheral, bordering, rimming, skirting, bounding, marginal, borderline; shoreline, coastal, littoral; out, outermost, ulterior, yonder, yon, farther, further, remoter, most distant; frontier, provincial, rustic, rural, country, hinterland, back-country, upcountry, Australian, outback, wild, wilderness, backwood, backwoods, Sl. in the boondocks or boonies; back of beyond, up in the hills, over the mountain or hills, tramontane, ultramontane, extraterritorial, exterior, external; extreme, terminal, last, farthest.
outmode, v. 1. displace, replace, supplant, succeed, supersede; discontinue, cut out, withdraw, terminate, cancel, Inf. scrub; abandon, suspend, give up, cease to use, disuse, put away, lay or set aside, push aside; put a stop to, put an end to, bring to an end, Inf. kibosh, Inf. put the kibosh on, Inf. kill, Sl. zap, Sl. wipe out, Sl. shoot down, Sl. KO, Sl. scrag; replace, trade in, have done with, give over, put behind one, dispense with.
2. obsolete, antiquate, superannuate, let fall into disuse, retire, shelve, put on the shelf, put in mothballs, Inf. sideline.