Synonyms of the word portrait


PORTRAITCHARACTERISATION - CHARACTERIZATION - DELINEATION - DEPICTION - LIKENESS - PAINTING - PICTURE - PORTRAITURE - PORTRAYAL - SEMBLANCE

portrait

  • n. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
  • n. (figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
  • n. (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
  • v. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.
  • adj. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.

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.

depiction

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

likeness

  • n. The state or quality of being like or alike; similitude; resemblance; similarity.
  • n. Appearance or form; guise.
  • n. That which closely resembles; a portrait.
  • v. (archaic, transitive) To depict.

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.

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.

portraiture

  • n. A portrait; a likeness; a painted resemblance; hence, that which is copied from some example or model.
  • n. The art of painting or photographing portraits.
  • n. A portrait (or portraits considered as a group).

portrayal

  • n. The act of portraying.
  • n. The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.

semblance

  • n. likeness, similarity; the quality of being similar.
  • n. Seeming; appearance; show; figure; form.

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