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pictorial

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pictorial

1 consisting of or relating to pictures

that photojournalist is planning to do a primarily pictorial report on the famine in Africa

Synonyms of pictorial

graphic (also graphical), imaginal, visual

Words Related to pictorial

photographic, video

drawn, painted, represented

illustrational, illustrative

hieroglyphic (also hieroglyphical), iconographic (or iconographical), ideogramic (or ideogrammic), ideogrammatic, ideographic, pictographic

2 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

Synonyms of pictorial

delineated, graphic (also graphical), picturesque, visual, vivid

Words Related to pictorial

depicted, descriptive, expressive

concrete, explicit, specific

faithful, lifelike, natural, photographic, realistic

fresh, incisive, sharp

Near Antonyms of pictorial

indeterminate, nebulous, obscure, sketchy, unclear, vague

bleary, blurry, dark, dim, faint, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muddy, murky, shadowlike, shadowy

ambiguous, cryptic, dark, enigmatic (also enigmatical), equivocal, inscrutable, mysterious

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