Profile

Noun

 * 1)  the outermost shape, view, or edge of an object
 * His fingers traced the profile of the handle.
 * 1)  The shape, view, or shadow of a person's head from the side; a side view.
 * The brooch showed the profile of a Victorian woman.
 * 1)  A summary or collection of information, especially about a person
 * Law enforcement assembled a profile of the suspect.
 * 1)  a specific space or field in which users can provide various types of personal information in software or Internet systems
 * I just updated my Facebook profile to show I got engaged.
 * 1)  reputation
 * 2)  the amount by which something protrudes
 * Choose a handle with a low profile so it does not catch on things.
 * 1)  prominence; noticeability
 * Acting is, by nature, profession in which one must keep a high profile.
 * 1)  A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
 * 2) character; totality of related characteristics; signature; status (especially in scientific, technical, or military uses)
 * What's the thermal profile on that thing?

Antonyms

 * (print mode or selection) portrait

Verb

 * 1) to create a summary or collection of information, especially about a person
 * 2) to act based on such a summary; especially, to act on a stereotype.  See profiling.

Adjectives for Profile
sloping; inquisitive; clean-cut; architectural; Roman; sable; coin-clear; melancholy; aquiline; energetic; bold; flawless; regular; delicate; fine; vapid; athletic; Grecian; Nordic; gaunt; grisly; smooth; fetching; sagging; gripping; romantic; grim; noble; criminal.

Thesaurus
Clio, Muse of history, adventures, analysis, annals, autobiography, bank, beam, biographical sketch, biography, blueprint, border, broad lines, broadside, brouillon, cameo, cartoon, case history, catalog, cataloging, character, character sketch, characterization, chart, cheek, chop, chronicle, chronicles, chronology, coast, confessions, configuration, contour, copy, curriculum vitae, delineate, delineation, depiction, describe, description, design, details, diagram, diary, draft, draw, drawing, ebauche, elevation, esquisse, evocation, examination, experiences, features, figuration, figure, flank, fortunes, framework, galbe, gestalt, graph, graphic account, ground plan, hagiography, hagiology, hand, handedness, haunch, head, hip, historiography, history, house plan, ichnography, image, imagery, impression, itemization, journal, jowl, laterality, legend, life, life and letters, life story, limn, limning, line, lineaments, lineation, lines, list, main features, many-sidedness, martyrology, memoir, memoirs, memorabilia, memorial, memorials, miniature, multilaterality, necrology, obituary, outline, particularization, pattern, photobiography, photograph, picture, planking, plot, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, projection, quarter, record, relief, rendering, rendition, representation, resume, rough, shapes, shore, side, siding, silhouette, skeleton, sketch, specification, statistics, story, study, survey, table, temple, theory of history, tournure, unilaterality, vignette, vivid description, word painting, working drawing

Etymology
From profil: <  profilo:, later also proffilo: < pro-: <  pro: + filo: <  filum:; see file:.

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Finnish: profiili, ääriviivat, siluetti


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 * Finnish: profiili, sivukuva


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 * Arabic: سيرة
 * Finnish: profiili, henkilökuva


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 * Arabic: سمعة


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 * Arabic: بروز


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 * Arabic: شهرة
 * Finnish: profiili


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Verb

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Anagrams

 * pro-life