PICTURE BOOK Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈpik-chər-ˌbu̇k

Definition of picture-book

as in perfect

being entirely without fault or flaw the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games

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Recent Examples of picture-book

Adjective

Pop Mart first launched Labubu as part of a blind-box collection in 2019 after licensing the character from Hong Kong-Dutch artist Kasing Lung, who created it for a picture-book series several years earlier. — Elaine Yu, CNBC, 25 Mar. 2026 This graphic novel from the Lenexa picture-book author and illustrator is based on the experiences of his father, who fled Communist Cuba. — Dan Kelly december 8, Kansas City Star, 8 Dec. 2025

Noun

Young People’s Literature This year’s longlist includes fiction, nonfiction, novels in verse, and one picture book. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026 Her late golden retriever had the run of the place, which was operating at a limited capacity during COVID, and a kids picture book written from the pooch’s perspective, Trooper at the Beverly Hills Hotel, was published in 2022. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for picture-book

Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture-book

Adjective

The Perfect Prescription is Spacemen 3’s masterpiece, an imperfect record made by one of the last holistically perfect groups of the 20th century.

— Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
The home office that completes this level offers a perfect spot for working from home.

— James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of perfect

Noun

His latest album attempts to reconcile a life of precarity with the spiritual rewards of finding one’s voice.

— Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
The vinyl edition — which will come on heavyweight red vinyl — will feature all five Loose Lips songs on LP, alongside the original Foreign Tongues album.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of album

Adjective

Under ideal conditions, electrons are slowed in their passage through the electron transport chain just enough that their energy can be transferred.

— Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Unlike ideal simulations, which assume quantum operations can be performed without errors, the new work models the disturbances that physical quantum processors encounter during calculations.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of ideal

Noun

The Babysitter not only marks the fourth film in an ongoing partnership between the streamer and the prolific children’s horror author, but also the first not based on a short from Stine’s Nightmare Hour or Haunting Hour anthologies.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026
The show is structured as a horror story anthology for adult puppetry fans, featuring an array of gothic costumes, different puppetry styles and lots of music played by a band of Dreadfuls risen out of the graveyard.

— Benjamin Carr, AJC.com, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of anthology

Adjective

For this application, precise fit and utility matter more than a flawless cosmetic finish.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Our goal is to perfectly complement Paramount Pictures’ cinematic vision and Caruso’s beautiful retail destination by delivering a flawless, high-end guest experience.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of flawless

Noun

That caught the attention of his professor Allan Sekula, a conceptual artist who married photography and text to create installations that explored issues of labor and trade.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
New Critics insisted that a text’s value lay solely in its language.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of text

Adjective

Williams aims to help build a county government that works for everyday people by lowering the cost of living, delivering excellent county services and protecting fundamental rights.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026
Nikko Remigio’s reputation as a return man isn’t splashy plays, but rather excellent ball security.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of excellent

Noun

Josh Riedel Thirty Cabins (title not visible on the spine) is an anthology chapbook put together by Josh Riedel and inspired by cabin designs published in the 1920s.

— Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026
This essay is an edited excerpt from the chapbook Jig, published in the Cahier Series (January 2026) by the Center for Writers & Translators at the American University of Paris, and Sylph Editions, London.

— Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026

Definition of chapbook

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