depicts
Shows in pictures
Depicts means to represent or show something in a picture, sculpture, or written description.
A painting depicts a battle scene; a novel depicts life in wartime.
The word implies artistic or deliberate representation rather than mere documentation: The mural depicts the founding of the city.
To depict is to portray, with an emphasis on visual or vivid rendering.
Stands for abstractly
- representsStands in for
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- embodiesManifests in form
- conveysTransfers or expresses
denotes · reflects · epitomizes · manifests · illustrates · typifies · characterizes · echoes
Heavy woven cloth
- paintingPigment on canvas
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- renderCause to become
draw · illustration · portrait · landscape · fresco · watercolor · acrylic · charcoal
Dramatic unit or locale
- storyAccount of events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- settingContext of events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
theme · mythology · fable · legend · allegory · chronicle · episode · moment
Intensely clear and bright
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- emotionalShowing strong feelings
moving · striking · powerful · haunting · atmospheric · lifelike · realistic · graphic
Depiction of someone
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- embodyExpress through physical form
- dramatizeDepict with heightened emotion
reenactment · impersonation · personify · role · performance · enactment · representation · rendition
symbolizes
Stands for abstractly
- representsStands in for
- signifiesExpresses or represents meaning
- embodiesManifests in form
conveys · denotes · reflects · epitomizes · manifests · illustrates · typifies · characterizes · echoes · evokes
canvas
Heavy woven cloth
render · draw · illustration · portrait · landscape · fresco · watercolor · acrylic · charcoal · ink
scene
Dramatic unit or locale
- storyAccount of events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- settingContext of events
plot · theme · mythology · fable · legend · allegory · chronicle · episode · moment · action
vivid
Intensely clear and bright
- poignantEvoking keen emotion
- evocativeTending to summon memories
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
emotional · moving · striking · powerful · haunting · atmospheric · lifelike · realistic · graphic · detailed
portrayal
Depiction of someone
- characterizationDescribing distinctive qualities
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- embodyExpress through physical form
dramatize · reenactment · impersonation · personify · role · performance · enactment · representation · rendition
- signifiesrepresents, means, signifies, denotes, stands for
depictsdistorts
Misrepresents or deforms
misrepresents · falsifies · caricatures · warps · twists
depictsdescribes
Conveys in words
narrates · recounts · tells · verbalizes · articulates
- realistic depictionTruthful visual representation