Synonyms for
Traced
Definition
To follow or copy a design or drawing by drawing over it.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Antonyms
Common collocations
- traced the steps
- traced the origin
- traced the line
- traced the route
- traced the pattern
- traced the signature
- traced the history
Word family
Usage note
The verb 'traced' often implies following a path, origin, or pattern. It can be used literally (e.g., tracing a map) or figuratively (e.g., tracing a problem to its source).
Example sentences
- She traced the outline of the flower in her coloring book.
- He traced the path of the butterfly as it flew around the garden.
- The artist traced the sketch onto the canvas before starting to paint.
- I traced my hand on the paper and colored it in.
- The detectives traced the suspect's movements on the night of the crime.
Quotes
The past is never dead. It's not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity. - William Faulkner
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats
The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay