A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface:
— They showed us the pictures of their wedding.

synoniemen: icon, ikon, image.

Roget 448: appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration^†, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil [Fr.]; lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau; display, exposure, mise en sc ne [Fr.]; rising of the curtain.    phantasm, phantom etc. (fallacy of vision) 443.    pageant, spectacle; peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show; ombres chinoises [Sp.]; magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views; biograph^†, cinematograph, moving pictures; panorama, diorama, cosmorama^†, georama^†; coup de theatre, jeu de theatre [Fr.]; pageantry etc. (ostentation) 882; insignia etc. (indication) 550.    aspect, angle, phase, phasis^†, seeming; shape etc. (form) 240; guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor; presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing; point of view, light.    lineament feature trait lines; outline, outside; contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz.   , cast of countenance, profile, tournure^†, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy^†; outside etc. 220.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: afbeelding, figuur, illustratie, plaatje, portret, prent

Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface:
— His pictures hang in the Louvre.

synoniem: painting.

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy^†, skiagraphy^†; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; treatment.    historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography^†.    school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art etc. 847.    monochrome, polychrome; grisaille [Fr.].    pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint etc. (coloring matter) 428; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish etc. 356.1, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry.    photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting; graphics, computer graphics.    picture, painting, piece [Fr.], tableau, canvas; oil painting &c.; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil drawing &c., water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.    photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype^†, calotype^†, heliotype^†; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo.    technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome; Polaroid.    portrait etc. (representation) 554; whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile.    landscape, seapiece^†; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life.    picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: schilderen, plaatje, schilderwerk, doek, schilderij, schilderstuk
Pools: obraz

A clear and telling mental image:
— He described his mental picture of his assailant.
— He had no clear picture of himself or his world.

synoniemen: impression, mental picture.

A situation treated as an observable object:
— The political picture is favorable.

synoniem: scene.

Nederlands: cinema, kijkspel, schouwspel, tableau, tafereel, toneel, toneeltje
Pools: obraz

Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text:
— The dictionary had many pictures.

synoniem: pictorial matter.

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

synoniemen: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show.

Nederlands: film, rolprent
Pools: obraz, film

The visible part of a television transmission:
— They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone.

synoniem: video.

Pools: wideo

A graphic or vivid verbal description:
— Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.
— The author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland.

synoniemen: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture.

Nederlands: afbakening, uitbeelding, persoonsbeschrijving, signalement
Pools: obrazowanie

A typical example of some state or quality.

Nederlands: foto

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

synoniemen: exposure, photo, photograph, pic.

Roget 554: representation, representment^†; imitation etc. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment^†; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, fine arts; painting etc. 556; sculpture etc. 557; engraving etc. 558; photography, cinematography; radiography, autoradiography [Bioch.], fluorography [Chem], sciagraphy^†.    personation, personification; impersonation; drama etc. 599.    picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV.    copy etc. 21; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme.    image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile.    figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet^†, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet^†, marionette, fantoccini^†, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette.    ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram.    map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626.    ichnography^†, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view etc. (painting) 556; radiograph, scotograph^†, sciagraph^†; spectrogram, heliogram^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 21: copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.    image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype^†, photo offset, electrotype; imitation etc. 19; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait etc. (representation) 554; resemblance.    duplicate, reproduction; cast, tracing; reflex, reflexion [Brit.], reflection; shadow, echo.    transcript [copy into a non-visual form], transcription; recording, scan.    chip off the old block; reprint, new printing; rechauffe [Fr.]; apograph^†, fair copy.    parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie^†, paraphrase.    [copy with some differences] derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision; second edition etc. (repetition) 104.    servile copy, servile imitation; plagiarism, counterfeit, fake etc. (deception) 545; pasticcio^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: foto, fotografie
Pools: fotografia, zdjęcie, fotka

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.

synoniemen: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize.

Roget 515: imagine, fancy, conceive; idealize, realize; dream, dream of, dream up; give to airy nothing a local habitation and a give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name" [Midsummer Night's Dream]. create, originate, devise, invent, coin, fabricate; improvise, strike out something new.    set one's wits to work; strain one's invention, crack one's invention; rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains; excogitate^†; brainstorm.    give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy; indulge in reverie.    visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen [G.].    float in the mind; suggest itself etc. (thought) 451.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 594: describe; set forth etc. (state) 535; draw a picture, picture; portray etc. (represent) 554; characterize, particularize; narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again.    unfold a tale etc. (disclose) 529; tell; give an account of, render an account of; report, make a report, draw up a statement.    detail; enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details; itemize.    ... meer laten zien

Show in, or as in, a picture.

synoniemen: depict, render, show.

Nederlands: afschilderen