Synonyms for depiction

Synonyms for (noun) depiction

Synonyms: portrayal, delineation, depiction

Definition: representation by drawing or painting etc

Similar words: pictorial representation, picturing

Definition: visual representation as by photography or painting


Synonyms: delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing

Definition: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects

Similar words: drawing

Definition: a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines

Usage: drawings of abstract forms; he did complicated pen-and-ink drawings like medieval miniatures


Synonyms: portrayal, portraying, depicting, depiction

Definition: a representation by picture or portraiture

Similar words: representational process

Definition: any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else


Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting, picture

Definition: a graphic or vivid verbal description

Usage: too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures; the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland; the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters

Similar words: verbal description, description

Definition: a statement that represents something in words


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