PICTURING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

picturing

verb

present participle of picture

as in depicting

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

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as in imagining

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 describing

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

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as in drawing

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 picturing When picturing a predator, most people envision an animal with immense speed, sharp teeth or deadly venom. —

Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 The test case—picturing a cow doing ballet—produces a smug bovine pirouetting. —

Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Like many abstract artists before her, Colón, who was born in Canada to a Puerto Rican father and now lives in Los Angeles, is enamored of picturing the world in its most fundamental form, and maybe even evoking something like the universal. —

Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Nobody’s picturing the same exact one tiny flower. —

Steve Appleford, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026 The trio created fake Minnesota temporary drivers’ licenses using false names, with each license picturing one of the Thomases, federal prosecutors said. —

Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Feb. 2026 For anyone picturing a Foot Locker-like store with kitschy artificial grass rugs and goal posts, think again. —

Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Feb. 2026 Instead of picturing that exercise as long and gruesome, try breaking it up. —

Avery Newmark, AJC.com, 23 Jan. 2026 Since the opening, staff have seen cans fly off shelves, faucets left on and guests have taken photos picturing a vague outline of a woman. —

Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 19 Jan. 2026

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Budget-conscious passengers, many of them young, formed a seemingly endless security line snaking around the rotunda, which features a twelve-foot-high mural depicting the history of flight.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 11 May 2026
On the Season 44 premiere in September 2018, Damon parodied Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony, depicting his belligerence and frequently yelling, referencing beer, among other things — using many of the actual quotes from the hearing.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 May 2026