Synonyms of pictures

pictures 1 of 2

noun

plural of picture

as in film

the art or business of making a movie

hoping for a career in pictures

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

pictures

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of picture

1

as in depicts

to present a picture of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depicts
• portrays
• images
• represents
• documents
• describes
• sketches
• outlines
• shows
• diagrams
• renders
• silhouettes
• illustrates
• delineates
• caricatures

2

as in imagines

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

• imagines
• images
• sees
• envisions
• dreams
• features
• visions
• fantasies
• visualizes
• conceives
• conjures (up)
• fancies
• plans
• fantasizes
• envisages
• conceits
• contemplates
• ideates
• daydreams
• reflects
• projects
• reminisces
• muses
• stargazes
• hallucinates
• manufactures
• relives
• ponders
• ruminates
• invents
• meditates
• makes up
• concocts
• foresees
• prefigures
• re-creates
• fabricates

3

as in describes

to give a representation or account of in words

pictured the sailing ship in vivid language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describes
• depicts
• portrays
• images
• paints
• sketches
• sets out
• renders
• illustrates
• characterizes
• recounts
• outlines
• delineates
• draws
• reports
• displays
• shows
• limns
• summarizes
• represents
• exhibits
• defines
• labels
• relates
• narrates
• tells
• hints
• suggests
• traces
• demonstrates
• recites
• sums up
• qualifies
• vignettes
• silhouettes
• drafts
• touches off
• reimages
• rehearses
• redescribes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colors
• distorts
• perverts
• misrepresents
• falsifies
• twists
• warps
• misstates
• garbles
• misdescribes

4

as in sketches

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

• sketches
• draws
• cartoons
• pencils
• outlines
• profiles
• caricatures
• inks
• crayons
• scribbles
• scrawls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pictures

Noun

But the sight of a man sleeping atop the shelter next to a shopping cart caught the attention of onlookers, some of whom pulled out their phones to take pictures, as first reported by KTLA. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Troublesome Creek, Kentucky, overflowed, destroying pictures of the late 13-year-old boy whom Campbell helped raise — and just about everything else in her home. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

And from that point forward, all Facebook was for me was pictures of dachshunds. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Both Kris and Kim Kardashian posted pictures on Instagram with the couple, only for the pictures to then be deleted. — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 28 Sep. 2026

Warburg’s pictures, like the books in his library, were tagged with numbers, which grew as the project evolved. — Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026

Although the earl’s vivid writing helps readers imagine the places of his childhood, pictures from the time help to add color to the scenes from his book. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Sep. 2026

Raster graphics, on the other hand, create pictures by filling in a grid of tiny pixels, an approach that was less suited to drawing the crisp lines needed to create this kind of perspective. — Mark J. P. Wolf, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026

This is on top of Perez Hilton and plenty of other sites (Gawker included) that would just flat-out insult people, draw nasty things on their pictures, and just generally malign them. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026

Verb

Roddy Ho is not written as physically fit in Mick Herron’s Slough House books, on which the Apple TV spy show is based — though the character certainly pictures himself that way. — Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026

With nearly every surface painted to her liking, Jordan pictures herself staying in the apartment for a while. — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Petrarch pictures the ghosts of Homer and Ennius together, and Homer’s ghost points out to Ennius a solitary figure, Francescus, working on a great epic poem, Africa. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

The Breadwinner star pictures the destination as the culmination of his career, according to a Wall Street Journal profile published on May 15. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026

Miss Manners pictures your guests, looking forward to a pleasant evening with you, being confronted with your suggestions. — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026

After all, no one pictures a futuristic city cloaked in exhaust fumes. — Alex Hewitt, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2026

Tuffin will produce the Inspector Brant pictures through Strong Island. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025

The approach to the childhood flashbacks came from how Springsteen pictures his past. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025