pix

Shots, for short

Pix is informal for pictures, especially photographs: I took some pix at the party, Send me the pix from last night.

The spelling reflects casual digital communication—texts, social media captions, photo-sharing apps.

Sometimes spelled pics.

photos

snapshot

Informal photograph taken quickly

selfie · shot · pic · capture · portrait · candid · gallery · album · thumbnail · upload

digital

resolution

Formal decision or determination

screen · display · megapixel · compression · rendering · 8-bit · sprite · retro · low-res · high-res

fairy

pixie

Tiny magical troublemaker

  • spriteTiny magical creature
  • fairyTiny winged magical creature
  • elfSmall magical creature

nymph · wings · mischievous · magical · dust · enchanted · woodland · flutter · tiny · whimsical

Categories
Opposites
register/formality

pixphotographs

Light-captured images

photography · images · pictures · photographic prints · imagery

Phrases
Family

pixel, pixels, pixelated, pixelate, pixellated, pixelating, pixilation

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G