Need another word that means the same as “depict”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “depict” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Depict” are: describe, draw, picture, render, show, limn, portray, represent, illustrate, delineate, outline, reproduce, detail, relate, narrate, recount, unfold
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “depict” as a verb can have the following definitions:
delineate | Trace the shape of. The law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent. |
describe | Give a description of. He described his experiences in a letter to his parents. |
detail | Provide details for. The ships were detailed to keep watch. |
draw | Represent by making a drawing of as with a pencil chalk etc on a surface. Do you want me to draw the curtains. |
illustrate | Supply with illustrations. The guide is illustrated with full colour photographs. |
limn | Trace the shape of. Miss Read limns a gentler world in her novels. |
narrate | Narrate or give a detailed account of. The story is narrated by the heroine. |
outline | Draw up an outline or sketch for something. Her eyes were darkly outlined with kohl. |
picture | Show in or as in a picture. She pictured Benjamin waiting. |
portray | Portray in words. The actor portrays an elderly lonely man. |
recount | Count again. He recounts how they often talked of politics. |
relate | Have reference to; concern. She relates well to her peers. |
render | To surrender someone or something to another. They had to render the estate. |
represent | Be a delegate or spokesperson for represent somebody s interest or be a proxy or substitute for as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute. This period is represented by Beethoven. |
reproduce | Repeat after memorization. You ll be amazed to see how well half tones reproduce. |
show | Show in or as in a picture. Greenough was the only other rider clear in round one but she failed to show for the tiebreaker. |
unfold | (of events or information) gradually develop or be revealed. He unfolded the map and laid it out on the table. |
characterization | The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features. He preferred to emphasize characterization and human conflict. |
clarification | An interpretation that removes obstacles to understanding. The professor s clarification helped her to understand the textbook. |
construe | Make sense of; assign a meaning to. Both verbs can be construed with either infinitive. |
crabbed | Annoyed and irritable. His handwriting is crabbed and hideous. |
define | Give the meaning of (a word or phrase), especially in a dictionary. The tree was clearly defined by the light. |
definition | The capacity of a device to make images distinct in outline. The clarity and definition of pictures can be aided by using computer graphics. |
delineation | The action of indicating the exact position of a border or boundary. The eventual delineation of the border between the two states. |
depiction | Representation by drawing or painting etc. Michelangelo s depictions of the male nude. |
describe | Mark out or draw (a geometrical figure. A single light is seen to describe a circle. |
elucidate | Make clear and (more) comprehensible. In what follows I shall try to elucidate what I believe the problems to be. |
english | Of or relating to the English language. |
expatiate | Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. She expatiated on working class novelists. |
explain | Serve as a reason or cause or justification of. Cassie found it necessary to explain her blackened eye. |
explanation | A statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. My application was rejected without explanation. |
explicate | Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail. An attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces. |
exposition | An account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse. The exposition will feature exhibits by 165 companies. |
expository | Serving to expound or set forth. Clean expository writing. |
expound | Add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing. The abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns. |
express | Serve as a means for expressing something. Many of the laboratory animals express the trait. |
figuratively | Used to indicate a departure from a literal use of words; metaphorically. Chinese art influenced her to paint figuratively. |
instructions | A manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate it. |
interpret | Give an interpretation or explanation to. Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries. |
interpretation | A stylistic representation of a creative work or dramatic role. The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence. |
narrative | A representation of a particular situation or process in such a way as to reflect or conform to an overarching set of aims or values. A narrative poem. |
portray | Portray in words. The book portrays the actor as a selfish person. |
portrayal | Any likeness of a person, in any medium. His portrayal of the title character. |
signification | The representation or conveying of meaning. The signification of Chinese characters. |
snapshot | An informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera. Morris had to make a good save from a snapshot by a defender. |
translate | Convert (a sequence of nucleotides in messenger RNA) to an amino acid sequence in a protein or polypeptide during synthesis. Few of Shakespeare s other works have been translated into ballets. |
transliterate | Write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or script. The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated. |
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