Synonyms of image

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noun

ˈi-mij 

1

as in picture

something or someone that strongly resembles another

the girl is growing up to be the perfect image of her mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

• picture
• replica
• twin
• portrait
• clone
• duplicate
• likeness
• counterpart
• duplication
• equivalent
• mirror image
• double
• carbon
• facsimile
• portrayal
• alter ego
• carbon copy
• fetch
• spit
• match
• spitting image
• doppelgänger
• look-alike
• ringer
• effigy
• companion
• fellow
• mate
• analogue
• parallel
• equal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposite
• reverse
• antithesis
• converse

2

as in illustration

a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing

a cave with prehistoric images of wild animals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illustration
• portrait
• depiction
• picture
• likeness
• representation
• icon
• photograph
• view
• drawing
• watercolor
• resemblance
• silhouette
• sketch
• collage
• caricature
• etching
• delineation
• montage
• cartoon
• diagram
• finger painting
• doodle
• daub
• ideograph
• hieroglyph
• ideogram
• pictograph
• hieroglyphic

3

as in idea

something imagined or pictured in the mind

a sentimental visit to her childhood home to see if it still matched her mental image of the place

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idea
• thought
• impression
• concept
• conception
• notion
• picture
• abstraction
• perception
• cogitation
• observation
• reflection
• intellection
• mind's eye
• theory
• illusion
• assumption
• belief
• hunch
• premonition
• preconception
• presentiment
• prejudice
• chimera
• apprehension
• delusion
• hallucination
• cognition
• phantasm
• hypothesis
• conviction
• prepossession
• whim
• conceit
• guess
• speculation
• vagary
• caprice
• conjecture
• inspiration
• brain wave
• surmise
• conclusion
• fancy
• kink
• freak
• supposition
• brainchild
• brainstorm

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

4

as in manifestation

a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)

a general who became for many the very image of the stoic warrior

Synonyms & Similar Words

• manifestation
• avatar
• icon
• incarnation
• abstract
• essence
• personification
• model
• objectification
• incorporation
• instantiation
• externalization
• embodiment
• realization
• genius
• personalization
• personifier
• soul
• epitome
• embodier
• exemplification
• actualization
• paradigm
• substantiation
• pattern
• concretization
• reincarnation
• archetype
• quintessence
• exemplar

image

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verb

1

as in to depict

to present a picture of

in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depict
• portray
• picture
• represent
• document
• describe
• sketch
• render
• outline
• silhouette
• show
• illustrate
• delineate
• caricature
• diagram

2

as in to describe

to give a representation or account of in words

the brochure images a vacation at the resort in language that makes you want to make a reservation this instant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describe
• portray
• depict
• picture
• paint
• set out
• render
• sketch
• illustrate
• characterize
• draw
• delineate
• outline
• define
• display
• represent
• recount
• limn
• label
• report
• summarize
• show
• relate
• exhibit
• tell
• narrate
• demonstrate
• trace
• suggest
• qualify
• hint
• silhouette
• recite
• vignette
• sum up
• draft
• rehearse
• touch off
• reimage
• redescribe

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• color
• distort
• misrepresent
• falsify
• warp
• pervert
• twist
• misstate
• garble
• misdescribe

3

as in to reflect

to reproduce or show (an exact likeness) as a mirror would

the burnished chrome fixtures imaged the jewelry store's glittery merchandise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reflect
• mirror
• copy
• reproduce
• duplicate
• clone
• replicate
• imitate
• repeat
• reduplicate

4

as in to picture

to form a mental picture of

anyone who still images the cape's coastline as a scene of unspoiled beauty is in for a rude awakening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• picture
• imagine
• see
• envision
• vision
• dream
• visualize
• feature
• fantasy
• conceive
• fancy
• envisage
• conceit
• conjure (up)
• fantasize
• contemplate
• plan
• ideate
• daydream
• reflect
• project
• muse
• hallucinate
• relive
• ponder
• ruminate
• manufacture
• re-create
• meditate
• reminisce
• make up
• stargaze
• invent
• foresee
• concoct
• fabricate
• prefigure

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of image

Noun

Non-consensually posted intimate images can devastate women – and beget male bonding. — Brittany Luse, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

For the cover of the October 26, 2026, New Yorker Festival Issue, the artist Mark Ulriksen painted a joyous image of Mikal Bridges, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby, Jalen Brunson, and Karl-Anthony Towns, the New York Knicks’ starting lineup. — Françoise Mouly, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Verb

Meanwhile, in June, Space42 added three new synthetic-aperture-radar (SAR) satellites to its Foresight constellation, which can image the Earth at day or night and through cloud cover. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026

The quiet hours To see when the cells fire, the team imaged them with while tracking the mice’s pupil size, muscle tone, facial movement, running, and cortical electrical activity at the same time. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing image

• mirror image
• spitting image