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picture
To form a mental image of; visualize:
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  1. To form a mental image of; visualize:
  2. To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of:
  3. To form a mental picture or impression of; imagine
portray
To represent dramatically, as on the stage:
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  1. To represent dramatically, as on the stage:
  2. To describe or depict in a certain way:
  3. To adorn with pictures.
delineate
To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish:
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  1. To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish:
  2. To depict in words; describe
  3. To mark, form, or show the outline or border of:
delineate
To describe or characterize in words:
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  1. To describe or characterize in words:
  2. To mark, form, or show the outline or border of:
  3. To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish:
describe
To tell or write about; give a detailed account of
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  1. To tell or write about; give a detailed account of
  2. To move through space in such a way as to represent or conform to (the outline of a given shape)
  3. To picture in words
express
To picture, represent, or symbolize in music, art, etc.
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  1. To picture, represent, or symbolize in music, art, etc.
  2. To show by sign; symbolize; signify
  3. To manifest or communicate, as by a gesture; show:
image
(Computers) To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
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  1. (Computers) To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
  2. To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture:
  3. To picture mentally; imagine or visualize:
limn
To suffuse or highlight with light or color; illuminate:
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  1. To suffuse or highlight with light or color; illuminate:
  2. To describe or depict by painting or drawing.
  3. To portray in words; describe
picture
To form a mental image of; visualize:
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  1. To form a mental image of; visualize:
  2. To describe or explain
  3. To form a mental picture or impression of; imagine
portray
(Figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
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  1. (Figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
  2. To describe or depict in a certain way:
  3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage:
render
To perform or interpret by performance; recite (a poem), play (music), treat (a subject, as in painting), act out (a role)
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  1. To perform or interpret by performance; recite (a poem), play (music), treat (a subject, as in painting), act out (a role)
  2. To give, hand over, deliver, present, or submit, as for approval, consideration, payment, etc.
  3. To express in other words; esp., to translate
represent
To draw attention to by way of remonstrance or protest:
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  1. To draw attention to by way of remonstrance or protest:
  2. To describe or put forward (a person or thing) as an embodiment of a specified quality:
  3. To serve as a specimen, example, type, or instance of; exemplify or typify
show
(Slang) To make an appearance; show up:
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  1. (Slang) To make an appearance; show up:
  2. To cause or allow to be seen; display:
  3. To enter (animals, flowers, etc.) in a competitive show
Find another word for depict. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for depict, like: picture, portray, delineate, describe, draw, paint, represent, delineate, describe, express and image.

Sentence Examples

  • The artist did not depict emotion: he depicted the subjects that produce emotion.

  • His earliest collections of stories and sketches, Aus Halb- Asien, Land and Leute des ostlichen Europas (1876) and Die Juden von Barnow (1877) depict graphically the life and manners of the races of southeastern Europe.

  • The simplest forms of these depict the objects signified by the name, as where Chapultepec or " grasshopper-hill " is represented by a grasshopper on a hill, or a stone with a cactus on it stands for Tenoch or " stonecactus," the founder of Tenochtitlan.

  • It was reserved for Finlay to depict, with greater knowledge and a juster perception, the lights and shades of Byzantine history.

  • In his design for the Hall of Council he set himself to depict this frenzy at its fiercest.

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