PICTURES Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of picture

as in depicts

to present a picture of the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence

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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

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as in describes

to give a representation or account of in words pictured the sailing ship in vivid language

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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

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Recent Examples of pictures

Noun

Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes. — Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 The men appear to have developed a close relationship and often share pictures together on their socials, including posing together at the 2021 Los Angeles premiere of the Peter Jackson’s Beatles miniseries Get Back (see above). — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026 At this time, most Chinese people would go to a studio to have their pictures taken, and a camera carried around a man’s neck was a rarity. — Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026 During games, the elder Robinson stays away from the action, taking pictures of the Falcons and trying not to be overbearing. — Mcclain Baxley For The Ajc, AJC.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Stone, in a royal blue skirt suit, posed for pictures before stopping to chat happily with the Haim sisters, with Este Haim breaking into song. — Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 Messi posted on social media pictures of him arriving to join the national team for the last time and his final training sessions. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 After a July 31 game in Minnesota, Cunningham posed for pictures with Jennifer Sey and Riley Gaines, two outspoken political activists against transgender women in women’s sports. — Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 Less than one percent of Houston’s roadways, for example, fell within the sight pictures of the city’s nearly 4,000 ALPRs in June 2024. — Rafael A. Mangual, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictures

Noun

Researchers are now chasing even easier formats, including oral dissolving films, sometimes called thin films or sublingual films, that dissolve in the mouth and release medication without any injection.

— Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Bird has concerns, particularly around the build-up of power around technological advancements, which push the film into surprising and exciting dystopian directions.

— Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of film

Verb

The painting depicts a red amaryllis belladonna, otherwise known as a March lily, blooming in a plant pot situated on a table against a dark backdrop.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
This animation uses infrared imagery which depicts the most intense thunderstorms near the center of Isaias in purple and white.

— Kate S. Petersen, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of depicts

Verb

Swift appears as a spectral figure trying to warn Johnson that, based on her own experience, her rich husband has more sinister intentions than his current bride imagines.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagines

Verb

The researchers also focused on reducing the robot’s effective inertia, a property that describes how strongly an object resists changes in its motion.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Sanabria describes himself as an independent, free thinker who wants to help improve the City Beautiful and stay true to its character.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of describes

Verb

Echenoz sketches a lively and personal view of the bonds and minor psychoses that can occur when two people work in tandem, and sometimes in conflict.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
The corporation confirmed earlier this week that Blackface sketches featured in That Mitchell and Webb Look had been cut ahead of it being restored to iPlayer for its 20th anniversary.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of sketches

Verb

The column portrays Cunningham as an outspoken agitator whose growing profile has become a distraction for the Fever.

— Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Also on hand were director Jonathan Levine and cast members Corenswet, Isabel May, who plays Tuggle’s wife, Katie; David Krumholtz, who plays Tuggle’s driver, Whitey; and Michael Shannon, who portrays legendary Giants coach Bill Parcells.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of portrays

Verb

Some were also choked — images jurors were shown by both the defense and the prosecution.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
The few still images Polyphony Digital has provided don’t provide us with an angle to see if the Mini layout is still feasible with the new track model.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026