PICTORIAL Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

pik-ˈtȯr-ē-əl

Definition of pictorial

as in graphic

consisting of or relating to pictures that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa

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as in vivid

producing a mental picture through clear and impressive description she writes a very pictorial kind of poetry, using words the way a painter applies strokes of color

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Recent Examples of pictorial

Adjective

Was there a pictorial representation of my book that would allow a deep dive view of how its different strands interacted to form a single narrative arc? — Literary Hub, 22 May 2026 Church, for all his scientific curiosity, was not moved to convert Darwinism into pictorial rhetoric. — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Noun

Gibson, then 34, saw the pictorial in a classy, peekaboo way and even had a clothing budget. — Mark Gray, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025 By 2010, the magazine was essentially family entertainment compared to the tidal wave of online smut, so a peek-a-boo pictorial of half-naked cybergals didn't seem so risqué. — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pictorial

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictorial

Adjective

The New Badge Makes Its In-Car Debut Last year Range Rover quietly launched a new graphic logo to complement the brand’s traditional logo, a stacked RR, with the lower R reversed and inverted.

— Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
This article contains graphic descriptions of child murder, suicidal ideation, and an attempt to die by suicide.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of graphic

Adjective

One of her most vivid memories came not while volunteering, but the morning after the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.

— Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
Their sparkling glass cases were full of heaping cream puffs, vivid cupcakes and caramel colored pastries.

— Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of vivid

Noun

Zidane gave a rare interview to L’Equipe in 2022 for a special edition in honour of his 50th birthday.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Every edition since Russia 2018 has broken the revenue record set before it, and the trajectory shows no sign of flattening ahead of the next World Cup, which Spain will help host in 2030.

— Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of edition

Adjective

This larger image area allows for much more photographic information to be captured, which translates to a larger, sharper image with greater detail and low film grain (sandlike texture caused by light-sensitive particles in the film).

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026
Digital cameras had taken over nearly all areas of photographic production.

— Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Definition of photographic

Adjective

These sentences are part of a four-plus-page descriptive riff, one of many passages that lend the novel a teeming, avid opacity.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
All the trappings of rage—the non-descriptive mentions of drug intake, the unspecified sadness, the shock-rock innuendos—are unshakeable.

— Eli Enis, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

Definition of descriptive

Noun

Would somebody try to poach Bedard or, considering the fact Davidson would have had no choice but to match any offer, cripple the Blackhawks from a roster-building standpoint by signing Bedard to an offer sheet?

— Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Lift sheets, curtains and cushions to check for bed bugs or signs of bed bugs before settling in.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of sheet

Adjective

Nolan's non-linear storytelling and minimal exposition challenge some, yet the visual grandeur and powerful performances, including Anne Hathaway's Penelope and a diverse ensemble, are undeniable.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Aside from locomotion, scientists can equip the cockroaches to attain various other functions such as detection, localization, tracking, visual mapping, and data collection.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

Definition of visual

Noun

So far, Jeff Bezos’ The Washington Post and David Ellison’s CBS News lead the rankings at The Primary from a small initial indexed pool, with the Daily Mail tabloid receiving by far the lowest aggregate score.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Long before Fox News, click bait and Truth Social; decades before Twitter, Facebook, Google and Only Fans, these two men created a new tabloid which against all the odds became the biggest selling newspaper in the world.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 July 2026

Definition of tabloid

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