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

Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.

— Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 7 July 2026
The cameras were allowed, but the judge prevented them from capturing some of the graphic footage that was played in court.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of graphic

Adjective

This past weekend offered a vivid reminder of that purpose and our mission in motion.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 9 July 2026
Color, particularly the vivid hues of local birds and flowers as well as the more muted tones of sand and rock, was as important to her as material, with layering also playing a part in both her sculptures and her works on paper.

— News Desk, Artforum, 9 July 2026

Definition of vivid

Noun

For today’s Monday edition of The Best Stocks in the Market, Sean wanted to take a look at some good stocks in bad sectors.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 6 July 2026
After confirming on Sunday that this would be his final World Cup, Ronaldo and Portugal fell 1-0 to Spain in the latest edition of the Iberian Derby in the round of 16.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 2026

Definition of edition

Adjective

Burgum was asked and did not answer directly whether there was photographic evidence of vandals cutting the pool’s liner.

— Steve Peoples, Fortune, 5 July 2026
Hailing from Taiwan, Mongolia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Macau, Malaysia, and Indonesia, the exhibition uses captivating photographic art to guide us into memories preserved within the images.

— PhotoVogue, Vogue, 2 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

Cover the entire shrub with a heavy, light-blocking tarp or black plastic sheet to prevent photosynthesis.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Rats, cockroaches and weasels run amok, tearing through limp tent sheets and biting children and newborn babies in their sleep.

— Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of sheet

Adjective

Bands perform as the peaceful crowd saunters, with the visual entertainment of beefy men cooking barbecue on giant grills.

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
The deployment aims to reduce the time required for general visual inspections while improving consistency across repetitive maintenance tasks.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 July 2026

Definition of visual

Noun

The 78-year-old Lai, a former clothing magnate and publisher of a Hong Kong tabloid critical of Beijing, received a 20-year sentence in February.

— Didi Tang, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
That same year, Gifford took another hit when a tabloid trailed her husband, late NFL and broadcasting legend Frank Gifford, to a hotel room, revealing his infidelity publicly.

— Charlotte Triggs, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

Definition of tabloid

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