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 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 At night, Martinez lay awake picturing an agent in the middle of the road raising his gun. —

Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 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 But as early as last Thursday, two days after Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti ended Harbaugh’s 18-year run in Baltimore, the coach was already picturing himself in Giants colors. —

Dianna Russini, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2026

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Italian artisans were flown in to hand paint the fresco ceilings, often depicting Renaissance landscapes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Apr. 2026
In Mars’s office, near his own impressive executive desk (a Vladimir Kagan), hangs a mixed media artwork depicting legendary MCs like Queen Latifah, Slick Rick, Rakim, and Nas (a business partner of Mars’s).

— Lola Ogunnaike, Architectural Digest, 16 Apr. 2026