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visual
visual
adjective
Definition of VISUAL
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capable of being seen <that funny expression was a visual hint that she was getting bored>
Related Words viewable; detectable, discernible (also discernable), noticeable, perceptible; clear, conspicuous, evident, eye-catching, manifest, obvious, overt, patent, perceivable, plain, prominent, striking; exposed, external, outer, outward, superficial
Near Antonyms disappeared, dissolved, evanesced, evaporated, melted, vanished, vaporized; imperceptible, indiscernible, indistinct, unnoticeable, unobservable; faint, inconspicuous, insignificant, slight, unobtrusive, vague; buried, concealed, covert, disguised, hidden, latent, obscure, shrouded
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consisting of or relating to pictures <visual evidence that could be presented in court>
Related Words photographic, video; drawn, painted, represented; illustrational, illustrative; hieroglyphic (also hieroglyphical), iconographic (or iconographical), ideogramic (or ideogrammic), ideogrammatic, ideographic, pictographic
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producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description <accounts of Civil War battles that are so grippingly visual that the reader recoils from the sight of so much blood>
Related Words depicted, descriptive, expressive; concrete, explicit, specific; faithful, lifelike, natural, photographic, realistic; fresh, incisive, sharp
Near Antonyms indeterminate, nebulous, obscure, sketchy, unclear, vague; bleary, blurry, dark, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muddy, murky, shadowlike, shadowy; ambiguous, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, inscrutable, mysterious
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