Some common synonyms of contour are outline, profile, and silhouette. While all these words mean "the line that bounds and gives form to something," contour stresses the quality of an outline or a bounding surface as being smooth, jagged, curving, or sharply angled.

What is a antonym for contour?

Antonyms. angularity roundness crookedness straightness straight sharpness dullness crooked.

Does contour mean shape?

Contour is the outline or shape of something. ... Contour comes from the Italian contorno meaning "to draw a line," which is precisely what you are doing when you trace the contour of something.