Synonyms of picture

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noun

ˈpik-chər 

1

as in portrait

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

using only watercolors, she produced a strikingly lifelike picture of her mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in movie

a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track

the actor's latest picture is another thriller

Synonyms & Similar Words

• movie
• documentary
• film
• motion picture
• moving picture
• feature
• flick
• flicker
• short
• cartoon
• animated cartoon
• short subject
• talkie
• docudrama
• featurette
• B picture
• silent
• B movie
• cofeature

3

as in description

a vivid representation in words of someone or something

the newspaper report gives a detailed picture of the current situation in that troubled country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• description
• portrait
• depiction
• portrayal
• sketch
• definition
• tale
• rendering
• account
• vignette
• story
• delineation
• illustration
• report
• portraiture
• narrative
• explanation
• anecdote
• chronicle
• demonstration
• yarn
• clarification
• exposition
• exemplification
• explication
• elucidation

4

as in situation

position with regard to conditions and circumstances

when personal opinion becomes part of the picture, the journalist isn't just reporting the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• situation
• story
• deal
• status
• scene
• posture
• ball game
• standing
• state
• rank
• footing
• spot
• score
• place
• status quo

5

as in image

something or someone that strongly resembles another

the young teen is the very picture of her mother

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• opposite
• reverse
• converse
• antithesis

6

as in thought

something imagined or pictured in the mind

I think I get the picture: you want me to leave

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fact
• reality
• actuality

7

as in film

pictures plural the art or business of making a movie

hoping for a career in pictures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• film
• filmmaking
• movie
• Hollywood
• screen
• big screen
• silver screen
• cinema
• Bollywood
• filmland
• moviemaking
• filmdom
• showbiz
• show business

picture

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verb

1

as in to depict

to present a picture of

the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in to imagine

to form a mental picture of

could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in to describe

to give a representation or account of in words

pictured the sailing ship in vivid language

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in to draw

to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface

the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils

Synonyms & Similar Words

• draw
• sketch
• cartoon
• outline
• pencil
• caricature
• profile
• ink
• crayon
• scribble
• scrawl

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of picture

Noun

Footage obtained exclusively by CNN and testimony from those who were on the mountain paint a more detailed picture than before of Morup, the man who died serving his country and is now the goal of one of mountaineering’s grimmest challenges. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026

Huang is now applying the landscape picture to the development of cancers. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Verb

Mohammad Abuhashish, right, pictured with Akram Sukar Ijbara, left, and Laith Abuhashish, center, in an undated photo. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2026

The earliest ones are filled with clippings that picture grand chandeliers or trophies or urns. — Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing picture

• motion picture
• moving picture