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image

verb

Definition of IMAGE

1

to present a picture of <in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark>

Synonyms depict, image, portray, represent

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

2

to give a representation or account of in words <the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant>

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

Related Words characterize, define, label, qualify, represent; demonstrate, illustrate; narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell; display, exhibit, show; hint, suggest; draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette; summarize, sum up, touch off; redescribe, reimage

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

3

to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would <the burnished chrome fixtures imaged the jewelry store's glittery merchandise>

Synonyms image, mirror

Related Words clone, copy, duplicate, imitate, reduplicate, repeat, replicate, reproduce

4

to form a mental picture of <anyone who still images the cape's coastline as a scene of unspoiled beauty is in for a rude awakening>

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

Related Words daydream, stargaze; hallucinate; re-create, reflect, relive, reminisce; contemplate, meditate, muse, ponder, ruminate; concoct, fabricate, invent, make up, manufacture, plan, project; foresee, prefigure