picture

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of PICTURE

to present a picture of <the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence>

Synonyms depict, image, portray, represent

Related Words delineate, describe, document, render; outline, silhouette, sketch; illustrate, show; diagram; caricature

to form a mental picture of <could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs>

Synonyms conceit [chiefly dialect], conceive, conjure (up), dream, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, ideate, image, picture, see, vision, visualize

to give a representation or account of in words <pictured the sailing ship in vivid language>

Synonyms delineate, depict, draw, image, limn, paint, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch

Near Antonyms color, distort, falsify, garble, misdescribe, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface <the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils>

Synonyms picture

Related Words caricature, cartoon; crayon, ink, pencil; outline, profile; scrawl, scribble, sketch

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