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

The Wilmington Police Department is aware of a video circulating on-line allegedly depicting the argument and alleged assault. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Another student at the Kendall-area school said Cardoso showed her a video depicting a boy between 12 and 14 having sex with a woman. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026

Three girls have been charged with threatening a school in the west Chicago suburb of Addison, with two of them making a video depicting a shooting at the school, authorities announced Wednesday. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

That campaign blended ‘80s and ‘90s nostalgia with videos and ads depicting Gen Zers meeting up in the mall, taking selfies, applying cosmetics and trying on clothes as their Millennial or Gen X parents watched. — David Moin, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. — USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026

These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours. — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026

Also dated to the 1st century, the 10-square-meter (108-square-foot) fresco is as detailed as the mosaic, with scenes depicting a walled city, with a port entrance gate, roads, a theater and a temple. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

The resolution also encourages teaching about the trade-offs that arise from depicting a spherical planet on a flat map. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026