Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun profile

5 senses of profile

Sense 1
profile -- (an analysis (often in graphical form) representing the extent to which something exhibits various characteristics; "a biochemical profile of blood"; "a psychological profile of serial killers")
       => chart -- (a visual display of information)

Sense 2
profile -- (an outline of something (especially a human face as seen from one side))
       => side view -- (a view from the side of something)

Sense 3
profile -- (biographical sketch)
       => biography, life, life story, life history -- (an account of the series of events making up a person's life)

Sense 4
visibility, profile -- (degree of exposure to public notice; "that candidate does not have sufficient visibility to win an election")
       => salience, saliency, strikingness -- (the state of being salient)

Sense 5
profile -- (a vertical section of the Earth's crust showing the different horizons or layers)
       => cross section -- (a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb profile

2 senses of profile

Sense 1
profile -- (write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter")
       => write, compose, pen, indite -- (produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels")

Sense 2
profile -- (represent in profile, by drawing or painting)
       => represent, interpret -- (create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl")