depictable
Able to portray
Depictable means capable of being depicted—able to be shown, represented, or portrayed in images or words.
Some concepts are easily depictable; others resist visual or verbal representation: Abstract emotions are less depictable than physical objects.
The term appears most often in discussions of art, media, or what can be rendered visually.
Capable of being pictured
- drawableAble to be sketched
- paintableCan take a coat
- sketchableAble to be drawn
- renderableAble to be depicted
photographable · filmable · mappable · chartable · graphable · printable · projectable · displayable
Able to be depicted
- emblematicServing as a symbol
- allegoricalExpressing meaning through symbols
- metaphoricRepresenting through comparison
- figurativeRepresenting through imagery
Able to be stated
- expressibleAble to be conveyed
- communicableCapable of being spread
- conveyableCapable of transmission
- translatableAble to be converted
explainable · relatable · illustratable · demonstrable · showable · presentable · documentable
Able to be imagined
- conceivableAble to be imagined
- picturableAble to be envisioned
- imaginableCapable of being conceived
- phantasmalLike an apparition
dreamlike · hallucinatory · visionary · fanciful · apparitional
Art of depicting people
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- muralWall-applied artwork
- frescoWet plaster painting technique
- sculptureShaped three-dimensional art
watercolor · charcoal · landscape · brushstroke · gallery · masterpiece · impressionism · realism
illustratable
Capable of being pictured
- drawableAble to be sketched
- paintableCan take a coat
- sketchableAble to be drawn
renderable · photographable · filmable · mappable · chartable · graphable · printable · projectable · displayable
portrayable
Able to be depicted
- emblematicServing as a symbol
- allegoricalExpressing meaning through symbols
- metaphoricRepresenting through comparison
figurative · iconic · archetypal · paradigmatic · anthropomorphizable
articulable
Able to be stated
- expressibleAble to be conveyed
- communicableCapable of being spread
- conveyableCapable of transmission
translatable · explainable · relatable · illustratable · demonstrable · showable · presentable · documentable
visualizable
Able to be imagined
- conceivableAble to be imagined
- picturableAble to be envisioned
- imaginableCapable of being conceived
phantasmal · dreamlike · hallucinatory · visionary · fanciful · apparitional
portraiture
Art of depicting people
sculpture · watercolor · charcoal · landscape · brushstroke · gallery · masterpiece · impressionism · realism · surrealism
depictableunrepresentable
Cannot be depicted
ineffable · indescribable · unportrayable · formless · unimaginable
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