Synonyms of the word

picture

• n. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface,…
• n. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• n. A painting.
• n. A photograph.
• n. (informal) A motion picture.
• n. (dated, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• n. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• n. An attractive sight.
• n. The art of painting; representation by painting.
• n. A figure; a model.
• n. Situation.
• v. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
• v. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
• v. (transitive) To depict.

characterisation

• n. (British spelling) Alternative form of characterization.

characterization

• n. The act or process of characterizing.

delineation

• n. The act of delineating; depiction.
• n. (art) An image of the outline of an object.
• n. A graphic verbal description.

depict

• v. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
• adj. (obsolete) Depicted.

depiction

• n. a lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
• n. a drawing or painting.
• n. a representation.

description

• n. A sketch or account of anything in words; a portraiture or representation in language; an enumeration…
• n. The act of describing; a delineation by marks or signs.
• n. A set of characteristics by which someone or something can be recognized.
• n. (taxonomy) A scientific documentation of a taxon for the purpose of introducing it to science.

envisage

• v. To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

envision

• v. (transitive) To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.

exemplification

• n. The act of exemplifying; a showing or illustrating by example.
• n. That which exemplifies; a case in point; example.
• n. (law) A copy or transcript attested to be correct by the seal of an officer having custody of the original.

fancy

• n. The imagination.
• n. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea.
• n. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; an impression.
• n. A whim.
• n. Love or amorous attachment.
• n. The object of inclination or liking.
• n. Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
• n. The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
• n. A diamond with a distinctive colour.
• n. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
• n. (obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
• n. In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
• adj. Decorative.
• adj. Of a superior grade.
• adj. Executed with skill.
• adj. (colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
• adj. (obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
• v. (formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
• v. (Britain) would like.
• v. (Britain, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
• v. (dated) To imagine, suppose.
• v. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine.
• v. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

figure

• n. A drawing or diagram conveying information.
• n. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially,…
• n. A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
• n. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
• n. (obsolete) Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendour; show.
• n. A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
• n. A numeral.
• n. A number.
• n. A shape.
• n. A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
• n. A dance figure, a complex dance move^W.
• n. A figure of speech.
• n. (logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
• n. (astrology) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
• n. (music) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single…
• n. (music) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
• v. To solve a mathematical problem.
• v. To come to understand.
• v. (intransitive) To be reasonable.
• v. (transitive) To enter, be a part of.
• v. (obsolete) To represent by a figure, as to form or mould; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal;…
• v. To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
• v. (obsolete) To indicate by numerals.
• v. To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
• v. (obsolete) To prefigure; to foreshow.
• v. (music) To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying…
• v. (music) To embellish.

film

• n. A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity.
• n. (photography) A medium used to capture images in a camera.
• n. A movie.
• n. (film, uncountable) Film or movies as a group.
• n. A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb.
• v. To record a motion picture on photographic film.
• v. To cover with a thin skin or pellicle.

flick

• n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
• n. (informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
• n. (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike…
• n. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
• n. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
• n. A flitch.
• v. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

icon

• n. An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
• n. (religion) A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
• n. A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
• n. A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs…
• n. (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic…
• n. Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.

ideate

• v. To apprehend in thought so as to fix and hold in the mind; to memorize.
• v. To generate an idea.
• n. (metaphysics) The actual existence supposed to correspond with an idea; the correlate in real existence…

ikon

• n. Alternative form of icon (religious image).

illustration

• n. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated,…
• n. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove…
• n. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
• n. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance).

image

• n. An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
• n. A mental picture of something not real or not present.
• n. (computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image,…
• n. A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is, or wishes to…
• n. (mathematics) Something mapped to by a function.
• n. (mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
• n. (obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
• v. (transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
• v. (transitive) To reflect, mirror.
• v. (transitive) To create an image of.
• v. (transitive, computing) To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.

imagine

• v. (transitive) To form a mental image of something; to envision or create something in one's mind.
• v. (transitive) To believe in something created by one's own mind.
• v. (transitive) To assume.
• v. (transitive) To conjecture or guess.
• v. (intransitive) To use one's imagination.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To contrive in purpose; to scheme; to devise.

impression

• n. The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
• n. The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.
• n. A vague recalling of an event, a belief.
• n. An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.
• n. An outward appearance.
• n. (advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad. is shown…
• n. (painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.
• n. (engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.

interpret

• v. To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms…
• v. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation.
• v. (intransitive) To act as an interpreter.

movie

• n. (chiefly Canada, US) A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to…
• n. (usually plural, chiefly Canada, US) A cinema.

painting

• v. present participle of paint.
• n. (countable) An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint(s).
• n. (uncountable) The action of applying paint to a surface.
• n. (uncountable) The same activity as an art form.

pic

• n. (informal) A picture, especially a photographic image.
• n. A Turkish cloth measure, varying from 18 to 28 inches.

project

• n. A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
• n. (usually in the plural, US) An urban low-income housing building.
• n. (dated) An idle scheme; an impracticable design.
• n. (obsolete) A projectile.
• n. (obsolete) A projection.
• n. (obsolete) The place from which a thing projects.
• v. (intransitive) To extend beyond a surface.
• v. (transitive) To cast (an image or shadow) upon a surface; to throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
• v. (transitive) To extend (a protrusion or appendage) outward.
• v. (transitive) To make plans for; to forecast.
• v. (transitive, reflexive) To present (oneself), to convey a certain impression, usually in a good way.
• v. (transitive, psychology, psychoanalysis) To assume qualities or mindsets in others based on one's own…
• v. (cartography) To change the projection (or coordinate system) of spatial data with another projection.

render

• v. (transitive) To cause to become.
• v. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
• v. (transitive) To translate into another language.
• v. (transitive) To pass down.
• v. (transitive) To make over as a return.
• v. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
• v. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
• v. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
• v. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
• v. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
• v. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
• v. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster. To render with stucco.
• v. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
• v. (nautical) To yield or give way.
• v. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
• v. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
• n. Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
• n. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
• n. (obsolete) A surrender.
• n. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
• n. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
• n. One who rends.

represent

• v. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit…
• v. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
• v. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
• v. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise…
• v. (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
• v. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement…
• v. (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
• v. (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of.
• v. (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended;…
• v. (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something…
• v. (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be a example of.
• v. (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member.
• v. (intransitive) (African American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people;…

representation

• n. That which represents another.
• n. (law) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
• n. (politics) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this…
• n. (mathematics) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector…
• n. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
• n. A theatrical performance.

scene

• n. The location of an event that attracts attention.
• n. (theater) The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the…
• n. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go…
• n. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence,…
• n. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play,…
• n. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their…
• n. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
• n. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption; often,…
• n. An element of fiction writing.
• n. A social environment consisting of an informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere…
• v. (transitive) To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

see

• v. (stative) To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight.
• v. To form a mental picture of.
• v. (social) To meet, to visit.
• v. (by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.
• v. (gambling) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
• v. (sometimes mystical) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.
• v. To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether).
• v. (used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.
• v. (used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.
• n. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
• n. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric.
• n. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

show

• v. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
• v. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
• v. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
• v. (transitive) To guide or escort.
• v. (intransitive) To be visible, to be seen.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
• v. (intransitive, racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
• v. (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
• n. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
• n. (countable) An exhibition of items.
• n. (countable) A demonstration.
• n. (countable) A broadcast program/programme.
• n. (countable) A movie.
• n. (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance.
• n. A project or presentation.
• n. (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
• n. (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
• n. (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
• n. (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.

situation

• n. The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
• n. The place in which something is situated; a location.
• n. Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
• n. The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
• n. (Britain) A position of employment; a post.
• n. A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.

typification

• n. The act of typifying.
• n. Something which typifies or serves as a type.

video

• n. Television, television show, movie.
• n. A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated…
• n. Motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
• n. (dated) VHS.
• v. (Britain) To record using a video camera, to videotape.
• v. (Britain) To record a television program.

visualise

• v. (British spelling, transitive) To envisage, or form a mental picture (of something).
• v. (transitive) To make (something) visible.

visualize

• v. (American) Alternative spelling of visualise.