Synonyms of depicts

depicts

verb

present tense third-person singular of depict

1

as in describes

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

• describes
• portrays
• illustrates
• renders
• paints
• characterizes
• delineates
• sets out
• represents
• recounts
• defines
• images
• sketches
• summarizes
• outlines
• limns
• pictures
• draws
• relates
• shows
• narrates
• demonstrates
• tells
• suggests
• displays
• recites
• exhibits
• reports
• qualifies
• traces
• labels
• hints
• sums up
• rehearses
• vignettes
• silhouettes
• drafts
• redescribes
• touches off
• reimages

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorts
• misrepresents
• colors
• falsifies
• misstates
• warps
• perverts
• twists
• misdescribes
• garbles

2

as in characterizes

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

• describes
• characterizes
• portrays
• represents
• defines
• characters
• identifies
• types
• indicates
• classifies
• categorizes
• specifies
• pigeonholes
• colors
• marks
• stamps
• distinguishes
• individualizes
• particularizes
• names

3

as in portrays

to present a picture of

the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portrays
• represents
• describes
• shows
• images
• illustrates
• pictures
• renders
• delineates
• outlines
• documents
• sketches
• diagrams
• silhouettes
• caricatures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depicts

The painting depicts a red amaryllis belladonna, otherwise known as a March lily, blooming in a plant pot situated on a table against a dark backdrop. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026

This animation uses infrared imagery which depicts the most intense thunderstorms near the center of Isaias in purple and white. — Kate S. Petersen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

His laserlike focus on the particulars of the story doesn’t leave much room for extrapolation; even the infuriating case of bureaucratic overreach that the film depicts can easily be understood, and perhaps even defended, as an aberration. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Keep in mind, though, that software often inaccurately depicts the actuation points of keyboards, albeit by amounts that are hard to notice, according to RTINGs’ testing). — ArsTechnica, 5 Oct. 2026

Sallitt depicts Jackie’s personal and professional struggles as specific hiccups that might manifest for anybody. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026

In a new cover story with Vanity Fair, the controversial tech exec addressed the movie for the first time, which depicts the five-day period in 2023 when he was ousted from OpenAI and then rehired. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

Painted with vibrant hues of red, orange and yellow, the mural depicts folklorico dancers in traditional dress. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

When the series depicts Wuornos pointing a gun into the camera to show what a victim would have seen in his last moments, this is the real Aileen Wuornos. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026