Synonyms of picturing

picturing

verb

present participle of picture

1

as in depicting

to present a picture of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• depicting
• portraying
• representing
• describing
• documenting
• imaging
• outlining
• rendering
• illustrating
• showing
• sketching
• delineating
• silhouetting
• caricaturing
• diagramming

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagining
• envisioning
• seeing
• dreaming
• visualizing
• featuring
• envisaging
• fantasizing
• conceiving
• contemplating
• fancying
• visioning
• fantasying
• planning
• conjuring (up)
• imaging
• conceiting
• daydreaming
• ideating
• reflecting
• pondering
• hallucinating
• reliving
• projecting
• musing
• inventing
• meditating
• ruminating
• reminiscing
• foreseeing
• concocting
• re-creating
• manufacturing
• stargazing
• fabricating
• prefiguring
• making up

3

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words

pictured the sailing ship in vivid language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• depicting
• portraying
• painting
• rendering
• illustrating
• sketching
• characterizing
• delineating
• setting out
• defining
• drawing
• recounting
• representing
• limning
• relating
• outlining
• telling
• narrating
• summarizing
• imaging
• displaying
• showing
• reciting
• suggesting
• demonstrating
• labeling
• exhibiting
• reporting
• tracing
• hinting
• rehearsing
• qualifying
• drafting
• silhouetting
• summing up
• redescribing
• touching off
• reimaging
• vignetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• twisting
• distorting
• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• coloring
• warping
• perverting
• misstating
• garbling
• misdescribing

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drawing
• sketching
• outlining
• caricaturing
• penciling
• inking
• scribbling
• profiling
• cartooning
• scrawling
• crayoning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of picturing

How to choose the right lender To choose the right lender, Collins from Western Governors University suggests picturing yourself making the payments after graduation. — Sharon Wu, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

Where to Eat and Drink The Salt Lick BBQ is likely what many out-of-state visitors imagine when picturing Central Texas-style barbecue—and its backstory is just as flavorful as its brisket. — Kat Stinson, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026

Jones argues that the standard template many people imagine when picturing a dragon—wings, reptilian scales, and sharp teeth—is a kind of composite of humanity’s earliest predators. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026

Final Take your pick from all those big dogs still in the fight, there is little scope to go wrong when picturing the dream showpiece event on July 19. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 28 June 2026

Denim and Chambray Most can’t imagine Stewart’s style without picturing some form of denim at the forefront. — Erika Reals, InStyle, 23 June 2026

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