visuals

noun

plural of visual
as in graphics
something that visually explains or decorates a text the strong visuals in the beginning biology book compensate somewhat for the weak text

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Recent Examples of visuals The wonderful people in New Zealand did the restoration of the visuals, the people who do Lord of the Rings and stuff. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026 Create Recognition Through Recurring Visual Cues Brands can stand out by designing visuals around a recurring idea rather than a recurring style. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display promises exceptional visuals and color contrasts. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Oct. 2026 The lack of dialogue and narration gives the game an air of mystery that mixes nicely with the stunning visuals. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026 Bad Idea was created by Chito, also an airbrush specialist, as a platform to bring visuals from other artists onto wearable pieces. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 The jokes are nothing special, but the visuals are fantastic. — Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 Billed as Pokémon Night Out, the show mixed together the creatures from the popular video games and trading cards with the lasers, pyrotechnics and mind-blowing visuals of EDM music. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2026 In contrast to the gorgeous monochrome visuals, this is a land that stinks of complicity and delusion — of opportunists desperate to scramble onto the right side of history. — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visuals
  1. graphics
  2. diagrams
  3. illustrations
  4. figures
Noun
  • The Herald included active and inactive voters in all calculations and graphics, since inactive voters are still eligible to cast ballots.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Alex Kraus | Bloomberg | Getty Images An artificial intelligence infrastructure firm in India is reportedly seeking to raise debt to fund the purchase of Nvidia's Rubin graphics processing units.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of graphics
Noun
  • The reconstruction was made trickier, however, by the fact that the crew weren’t allowed to take photographs inside Downing Street and there aren’t diagrams online.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Capturing it requires going beyond policies and process diagrams and working alongside the people who actually perform the work.
    — Balaji Sreenivasan, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of diagrams
Noun
  • THR‘s other noms span the breadth of categories from cover art to photos to investigative stories to illustrations.
    — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
  • IllustratorMagic generates the text, illustrations, and page layouts, producing a complete book rather than separate images that require manual assembly.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of illustrations
Noun
  • The cost figures draw on the Family Budget Calculator developed by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute from federal data on rents, food costs and consumer spending, with The Post’s own health care estimates.
    — Amy L. Wong, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Another star turn goes to Mary Ellen Pleasant, who was arguably America’s first Black millionaire and inarguably one of the most canny and chameleonlike figures this country has ever produced.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of figures

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“Visuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visuals. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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