picture
Worth thousand words
A picture is a visual representation—a painting, drawing, photograph, or image on a screen.
The word extends to mental images: I get the picture, Picture this.
A picture can be a film: motion picture, picture show.
To picture something is to imagine it: I can't picture him as a father.
Someone who embodies a quality is the picture of health or the picture of innocence.
Image capturing device
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
- photographImage from a camera
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- shutterHinged window covering
aperture · exposure · focus · frame · flash · tripod · zoom · film
Pigment on canvas
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
gallery · museum · frame · brushstrokes · palette · watercolor · oil · acrylic
Picture explaining something
- diagramSimplified explanatory sketch
- chartData shown visually
- graphVisual data display
- figureOutline or numeral
schematic · drawing · sketch · rendering · blueprint · layout · infographic · representation
Visible natural surroundings
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- viewWhat's seen from somewhere
tableau · backdrop · composition · framing · foreground · background · perspective · vantage
Unified collection of recordings
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- keepsakeItem preserved for sentiment
souvenir · moments · childhood · family · scrapbook · memento · snapshot · faded
Form mental pictures
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- envisionPicture in thought
- conceiveForm a mental notion
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
daydream · fantasy · mind's eye · visualization · ideation · creativity · inspiration · vision
Movie or coating
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- motionChange in position
- screenDisplay or barrier
- cinemaMotion picture theater
Hollywood · Bollywood · Nollywood · feature · silent · talkie · flick · moving
Seize or understand
- comprehendTo fully understand
- seePerceive with eyes
- getObtain or become
- envisionPicture in thought
imagine · fathom · perceive · conceptualize · follow · understand · visualize · appreciate
camera
Image capturing device
- snapshotInformal photograph taken quickly
- photographImage from a camera
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
shutter · aperture · exposure · focus · frame · flash · tripod · zoom · film · negative
painting
Pigment on canvas
masterpiece · gallery · museum · frame · brushstrokes · palette · watercolor · oil · acrylic · sketch
illustration
Picture explaining something
figure · schematic · drawing · sketch · rendering · blueprint · layout · infographic · representation · cross-section
scenery
Visible natural surroundings
view · tableau · backdrop · composition · framing · foreground · background · perspective · vantage · angle
album
Unified collection of recordings
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
keepsake · souvenir · moments · childhood · family · scrapbook · memento · snapshot · faded · sepia
imagine
Form mental pictures
conjure · daydream · fantasy · mind's eye · visualization · ideation · creativity · inspiration · vision · dream up
film
Movie or coating
cinema · Hollywood · Bollywood · Nollywood · feature · silent · talkie · flick · moving · show
grasp
Seize or understand
- comprehendTo fully understand
- seePerceive with eyes
- getObtain or become
envision · imagine · fathom · perceive · conceptualize · follow · understand · visualize · appreciate · sense
- moviesblockbuster, film, Titanic, films, Jurassic Park
- objectsbasket, bowl, bucket, jar, jug
- photosphotograph, photos, photo, snapshot, selfies
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- visualsimage, illustrations, photograph, images, diagram
- picturesphotograph, photo, image, pic, snapshot
picturereality
What actually exists
real thing · original · actuality · fact · substance
picturedistortion
Twisting from original state
misrepresentation · falsification · lie · caricature · perversion
- take a pictureRecord a visual moment
- big pictureOverall perspective on things
- picture bookVolume with art-driven narrative
- the big pictureComprehensive view of situation
- picture frameDecorative border for images
- bigger pictureOverall perspective on something
pictures, pictured, picturesque, picturing, motion picture, picturesquely, picture books, picture-perfect, picturesqueness