depicted

Rendered in image

Depicted is the past tense of depict, meaning to show or represent something in a picture, story, or description.

A painting depicts a scene; a novel depicts life in wartime.

The word emphasizes visual or narrative representation: The mural depicted the city's founding.

She was depicted as a villain in the press.

represented

shown

Made visible or apparent

embodied · captured · conveyed · expressed · described · visualized · interpreted · symbolized · dramatized · documented

artistic

painting

Pigment on canvas

  • portraitArtistic depiction of someone
  • muralWall-applied artwork
  • frescoWet plaster painting technique

masterpiece · canvas · brushstrokes · sculpture · gallery · composition · tableau · miniature · triptych · altarpiece

illustrated

drawing

Marks forming a picture

cartoon · caricature · storyboard · blueprint · schematic · pictogram · infographic · chart · graph · map

narrative

scene

Dramatic unit or locale

episode · mythology · allegory · legend · biblical · historical · battle · ceremony · procession · feast

Categories
Opposites
representation vs. non-representation

depictedconcealed

Made invisible deliberately

hidden · unillustrated · unrepresented · unshown · omitted

visibility vs. concealment

depictedconcealed

Made invisible deliberately

hidden · obscured · veiled · suppressed · withheld

accuracy of representation

depicteddistorted

Misshapen from original form

misrepresented · falsified · confused · garbled · caricatured

Phrases
Family

depict, depiction, depicting, depicts, depictable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G