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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Relevance

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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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pictorial

Adjective

Silence = Death, the work of the Silence = Death Collective (and not ACT UP, as Avram Finkelstein relates in his interview) became the primary pictorial representation of ACT UP and a rallying slogan for the fight against the disease. — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 3 June 2026 Stripped of any individuating pictorial or textual material, the sign remains recognizable as originating in the streets of Berlin through its figure alone. — Erika Landström, Artforum, 2 June 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

Class libraries and graphical frameworks supplied windows, menus, text editors, data structures and interaction patterns that developers could reuse and adapt.

— Boris Kontsevoi, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Her fantastical Biblical scenes, of a graphic, storybook sensibility, sometimes showed angels, and Christ himself, as chalky white, and this rang in some Black critical circles as a sign of backwater unsophistication.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of graphic

Noun

That growth was on display Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium, where generations of HBCU supporters gathered for the latest edition of a game with roots stretching back more than nine decades.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Sep. 2026
Last June, the kingdom’s efforts were rewarded with the announcement that there would be, for the first time, a Saudi Arabia edition of the Michelin guide.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of edition

Adjective

Baldwin Lee came to photographic renown pretty late in life, mostly for his in-close-and-intense pictures of small-town Black Southerners made in the 1980s and collected in an epic monograph in 2022.

— Baldwin Lee, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026
There are improvements to photographic styles, offering texture and grain control.

— Jay Peters, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of photographic

Adjective

If a brand values clarity, for example, its system might emphasize concise language, descriptive actions, a strong information hierarchy and a limited number of competing choices.

— Goran Paun, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
The National Association of Theatre Owners changed its name last year to Cinema United, which is more aspirational than descriptive, as Aron — a board member — has a tendency to go his own way.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of descriptive

Noun

What’s Happening Videos of people pouring Epsom salt onto baking sheets, towels or shower floors and stomping barefoot for roughly 10 minutes have racked up views across TikTok, with users claiming the practice eases anxiety and improves sleep.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2026
The ads were printed on large vinyl sheets, and Alterman and Ross were hanging them with low-tech loops of duct tape.

— Bruce Handy, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of sheet

Adjective

But while the visual language of prestige TV — handheld realism, long silences, and anxious scores — is still alive, the scale of stories has collapsed.

— Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Each of the four choreographers on the bill have created new choreography by drawing inspiration from visual art.

— Leyla Shokoohe, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of visual

Noun

Murdoch, played by Pearce, recruited Lamb to reinvent it as a populist tabloid capable of overtaking the dominant Daily Mirror.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
This rousing tribute to the free press, delivered by the son of a journalist, was followed by the world premiere of Danny Boyle’s Ink, a film about how the journalists at British tabloid The Sun ended up debasing our entire society.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026