PICTURING Synonyms

• a representation by picture or portraiture

• visual imagery

• perception by means of the eyes

• normal use of the faculty of vision

• having vision, not blind

• have the idea for

• judge or regard; look upon; judge

• become pregnant; undergo conception

• form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

• expect, believe, or suppose

• take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

• express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

• be representative or typical for

• be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute

• serve as a means of expressing something

• be typical of

• form or compose

• be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

• create an image or likeness of

• play a role or part

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality

• point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance

• bring forward and present to the mind

• to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• view the outline of by means of an X-ray

• form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract

• make visible

• an iconic mental representation

• (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• a standard or typical example

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)

• (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined

• the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public

• a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)

• render visible, as by means of MRI

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• the act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features

• acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

• representation by drawing or painting etc

• show in, or as in, a picture

• give a description of

• make a portrait of

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• a representation by picture or portraiture

• a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

• representation by drawing or painting etc

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• picture to oneself; imagine possible

• vulnerability to the elements; to the action of heat or cold or wind or rain

• the act of subjecting someone to an influencing experience

• the disclosure of something secret

• aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces

• the state of being vulnerable or exposed

• the intensity of light falling on a photographic film or plate

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• the act of exposing film to light

• presentation to view in an open or public manner

• abandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving an infant out in the open)

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• a diagram or picture illustrating textual material

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration

• a model of a bodily form (especially of a person)

• a well-known or notable person

• a combination of points and lines and planes that form a visible palpable shape

• an amount of money expressed numerically

• the impression produced by a person

• the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals

• language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

• a unitary percept having structure and coherence that is the object of attention and that stands out against a ground

• a decorative or artistic work

• a predetermined set of movements in dancing or skating

• judge to be probable

• be or play a part of or in

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• make a mathematical calculation or computation

• understand

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• a medium that disseminates moving pictures

• photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

• a thin coating or layer

• a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

• make a film or photograph of something

• record in film

• a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)

• a short stroke

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• flash intermittently

• look through a book or other written material

• cause to move with a flick

• throw or toss with a quick motion

• shine unsteadily

• twitch or flutter

• cause to make a snapping sound

• touch or hit with a light, quick blow

• remove with a flick (of the hand)