pictures
Framed wall decorations
Pictures are visual representations—photographs, paintings, drawings, or images on screens.
The word covers an enormous range, from a child's crayon scribbles to museum masterpieces.
To picture something is to form a mental image: I can't picture him with a beard.
A picture can represent a situation: The picture isn't as grim as the headlines suggest.
The pictures, especially in British usage, means the cinema: We're going to the pictures tonight.
Image capturing device
- lensLight-focusing curved glass
- shutterHinged window covering
- apertureAdjustable optical inlet
- exposureState of being unprotected
photograph · film · digital · SLR · ISO · tripod · flash · zoom
Pigment on canvas
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- brushstrokesMarks left by painting
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- oilSlippery viscous fluid
watercolor · acrylic · masterpiece · portrait · landscape · still life · gallery · exhibit
Unified collection of recordings
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- reminisceRecall past experiences fondly
- childhoodLife's earliest phase
- recollectionRecalled mental image
flashback · keepsake · memento · scrapbook · throwback · snapshot · family · reunion
Recorded visual narrative
- cinemaMotion picture theater
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- directorOne who leads
- actorOne who portrays characters
actress · studio · screening · animation · montage · documentary · screenplay · storyboard
Visible features of terrain
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
valley · seascape · skyline · pastoral · countryside · wilderness · coastline · sunset
Form mental pictures
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- envisionPicture in thought
- mental imageInternal visual representation
- conjureSummon by supernatural means
mind's eye · conception · impression · notion · idea · fantasy · daydream · vision
camera
Image capturing device
exposure · photograph · film · digital · SLR · ISO · tripod · flash · zoom · focus
painting
Pigment on canvas
- canvasHeavy woven cloth
- brushstrokesMarks left by painting
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
oil · watercolor · acrylic · masterpiece · portrait · landscape · still life · gallery · exhibit · commission
album
Unified collection of recordings
recollection · flashback · keepsake · memento · scrapbook · throwback · snapshot · family · reunion · faded
movie
Recorded visual narrative
actor · actress · studio · screening · animation · montage · documentary · screenplay · storyboard · cinematography
landscape
Visible features of terrain
mountains · valley · seascape · skyline · pastoral · countryside · wilderness · coastline · sunset · postcard
imagine
Form mental pictures
- visualizeForm mental pictures
- envisionPicture in thought
- mental imageInternal visual representation
conjure · mind's eye · conception · impression · notion · idea · fantasy · daydream · vision
- visualsimage, illustrations, photograph, images, diagram
- filming and photographingphotography, cinematography, videography, camera work, film production
- photo galleriesphotos, images, albums, photo albums, thumbnails
- visual aidsphoto, photos, image, images, chart
- visual stimulilight, color, movement, shapes, patterns
- vision boardsvision board, dream home, dream job, dream car, dream vacation
picturesreality
What actually exists
originals · the real thing · actuality · subjects · referents
picturessculptures
Carved or molded artworks
sounds · audio · statues · music · three-dimensional art
pictureswords
Units of language
text · writing · descriptions · prose · verbal accounts
- 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
picture, pictured, picturesque, picturing, picture-perfect, picturable