EFFIGIES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

effigies

noun

plural of effigy

as in portraits

a depiction of a person

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Recent Examples of effigies That is what happens when a society burns effigies long enough; eventually, somebody mistakes a person for one. — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026 He was subjected to booing in the stands at games, had effigies of him burned, and even received death threats. — Miami Herald, 14 July 2026 Roads in the capital city, Brazzaville, were paved with Sassou N’Guesso's effigies. — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026 Trump had posted some of Loomer’s footage on his Truth Social account and threatened to seize the canal, prompting Panamanians to burn effigies of him. — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026 Every December, families in Guatemala set giant devil effigies on fire. — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025 Before the invention of photography, these edible effigies were placed on altars as representations of the deceased. — Luisa Navarro, Saveur, 23 Oct. 2025 In 1765, a tree planted in colonial Boston became a rallying point for the Sons of Liberty, who protested British rule by hanging effigies of officers from its branches and giving speeches. — Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Kristinka Lazar, for example, used the time as an artistic residency to create a collection of paintings called The Gift of Being Seen, featuring 45 portraits of local villagers.

— Liz Provencher, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026
Watermelon was founded in 2024 by brothers Badie and Hamza Ali to present more complex portraits of Palestinians and Arabs.

— Brent Lang, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of portraits

Noun

Civic Life, showing artists’ portrayals of experience in the courthouse, the polling place, the political headquarters, and elsewhere.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Researchers said participants wanted content creators, influencers and television and film producers to offer more nuanced and authentic portrayals of religion and spirituality.

— City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of portrayals

Noun

Several other curved, slender bones were soon found nearby, according to pictures shared with the station.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Zeimetz, coincidentally or not, posted pictures at a Hammond restaurant and at a Joliet Slammers baseball game on those corresponding dates.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of pictures

Noun

My kids could never get enough of Dinosaur Land, a walk-through theme park with more than 50 life-sized replicas of these beloved prehistoric creatures made out of fiberglass.

— Allison Tibaldi, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Outside of this special occasion, the crown is displayed with replicas of the Cullinan III, IV, and V so the real stones can remain in rotation in the royal jewelry box.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of replicas

Noun

For the most part, those criticisms haven’t been aimed at the film’s cast — who gave Higgsfield the right to use their likenesses, but were otherwise not as directly involved in the project’s production as traditional actors would be.

— Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 21 Aug. 2026
The move reflects how Hollywood has navigated the murkier elements of generative AI, a technology many in the industry are fascinated by yet worry undercuts their work through the unauthorized scraping of likenesses to train their models.

— Corbin Bolies, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

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