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

3 senses of vignette

Sense 1
sketch, vignette -- (a brief literary description)
       => description -- (the act of describing something)

Sense 2
vignette -- (a photograph whose edges shade off gradually)
       => photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic -- (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material)

Sense 3
vignette -- (a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books))
       => sketch, study -- (preliminary drawing for later elaboration; "he made several studies before starting to paint")