n. 1 outline, silhouette, contour, side-view His aquiline nose shows up prominently in this profile 2 biography, (biographical or thumbnail or character) sketch, life, portrait, vignette That profile of Allen in a well-known magazine did not do him justice 3 analysis, study, survey, examination; graph, diagram, chart, list, statistics The profile of the average newspaper reader revealed some interesting anomalies
v. 4 describe, draw, sketch, limn The editor phoned to say that they want to profile you in the Gazette's Sunday colour supplement