Synonyms of depicting

depicting

verb

present participle of depict

1

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words

this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• portraying
• painting
• rendering
• illustrating
• picturing
• characterizing
• delineating
• sketching
• representing
• setting out
• defining
• recounting
• drawing
• relating
• outlining
• limning
• showing
• displaying
• summarizing
• telling
• imaging
• demonstrating
• narrating
• exhibiting
• suggesting
• reporting
• labeling
• reciting
• tracing
• hinting
• qualifying
• rehearsing
• drafting
• silhouetting
• summing up
• redescribing
• touching off
• reimaging
• vignetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorting
• twisting
• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• coloring
• warping
• misstating
• perverting
• misdescribing
• garbling

2

as in characterizing

to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group

the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• characterizing
• portraying
• representing
• defining
• identifying
• charactering
• classifying
• indicating
• categorizing
• typing
• specifying
• marking
• pigeonholing
• distinguishing
• stamping
• naming
• coloring
• individualizing
• particularizing

3

as in portraying

to present a picture of

the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portraying
• representing
• describing
• picturing
• showing
• documenting
• illustrating
• imaging
• rendering
• outlining
• delineating
• sketching
• silhouetting
• caricaturing
• diagramming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depicting

In a truly enormous space, over 100,000 square feet, that was once a Lord & Taylor department store, you are greeted with giant murals depicting Netflix shows on all sides. —Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025

Fantasy River is primarily blue, depicting a river and its banks filled with foliage as petals appear to fall from the sky. —PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025

In practice, that means episodes luxuriate in depicting process and atmosphere. —Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025

Artwork depicting native plants and wildlife, created by Brazilian artist Ludmilla de Montes, line the walls, while oversized windows look out to the property's lush grounds or Iguazú Falls. —Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025

Murals depicting him mid-throw popped up in the city virtually overnight. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025

Religious identity, too, was communicated via long prayers addressed to personal gods or via images depicting gods and worshippers. —Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025

Detail of the ceiling mural of the Basilica of Regina Pacis, possibly depicting the mobster Joe Profaci with his fedora. —Susan Mulcahy, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025

Bowers is widely known in Louisville for her watercolor series depicting Louisville landmarks and restaurants. —Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Nov. 2025