1. icon, ikon, image, picture

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

Example Sentences:
'they showed us the pictures of their wedding'
'a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them'

• icon
• ikon
• image

2. painting, picture

graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

Example Sentences:
'a small painting by Picasso'
'he bought the painting as an investment'
'his pictures hang in the Louvre'

• painting

3. impression, mental picture, picture

a clear and telling mental image

Example Sentences:
'he described his mental picture of his assailant'
'he had no clear picture of himself or his world'
'the events left a permanent impression in his mind'

• impression
• mental picture

4. picture, scene

a situation treated as an observable object

Example Sentences:
'the political picture is favorable'
'the religious scene in England has changed in the last century'

• scene

5. pictorial matter, picture

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

Example Sentences:
'the dictionary had many pictures'

• pictorial matter

6. film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show

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

Example Sentences:
'they went to a movie every Saturday night'
'the film was shot on location'

• film
• flick
• motion picture
• motion-picture show
• movie
• moving picture
• moving-picture show
• pic
• picture show

7. picture, video

the visible part of a television transmission

Example Sentences:
'they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone'

• video

8. characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting

a graphic or vivid verbal description

Example Sentences:
'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'

• characterisation
• characterization
• delineation
• depiction
• word picture
• word-painting

9. picture

a typical example of some state or quality

Example Sentences:
'the very picture of a modern general'
'she was the picture of despair'

10. exposure, photo, photograph, pic, picture

a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

• exposure
• photo
• photograph
• pic

11. envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Example Sentences:
'I can't see him on horseback!'
'I can see what will happen'
'I can see a risk in this strategy'

• envision
• fancy
• figure
• image
• project
• see
• visualise
• visualize

12. depict, picture, render, show

show in, or as in, a picture

Example Sentences:
'This scene depicts country life'
'the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting'

• depict
• render
• show