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DEPICTION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEPICTION?

Need another word that means the same as “depiction”? Find 23 synonyms and 30 related words for “depiction” in this overview.

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Depiction as a Noun
Definitions of "Depiction" as a noun
Synonyms of "Depiction" as a noun (23 Words)
Usage Examples of "Depiction" as a noun
Associations of "Depiction" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Depiction” are: delineation, portrayal, limning, line drawing, depicting, portraying, characterisation, characterization, picture, word-painting, word picture, painting, portrait, drawing, sketch, artist's impression, study, illustration, representation, image, likeness, presentation, description

Depiction as a Noun

Definitions of "Depiction" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “depiction” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A representation by picture or portraiture.
The action of depicting something, especially in a work of art.
Representation by drawing or painting etc.
A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects.
A graphic or vivid verbal description.

Synonyms of "Depiction" as a noun (23 Words)

artist's impression	A clear and telling mental image.
characterisation	The act of describing distinctive characteristics or essential features.
characterization	A graphic or vivid verbal description. The film s narrative elegance and richly developed characterizations.
delineation	A graphic or vivid verbal description. The artist s exquisite delineation* of costume and jewellery.*
depicting	A representation by picture or portraiture.
description	A statement that represents something in words. People who had seen him were able to give a description.
drawing	The art or activity of making drawings. Entrants need not be present at the drawing.
illustration	Showing by example. This accident is a graphic illustration* of the disaster that s waiting to happen.*
image	A standard or typical example. Made in the image* of God.*
likeness	The semblance, guise, or outward appearance of. The only known likeness* of Dorothy as a young woman.*
limning	A drawing of the outlines of forms or objects.
line drawing	In games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area.
painting	A painted picture. A small painting* by Picasso.*
picture	A situation treated as an observable object. She was the picture* of despair.*
portrait	A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders. The writer builds up a fascinating portrait* of a community.*
portrayal	Representation by drawing or painting etc. A realistic portrayal* of war.*
portraying	A representation by picture or portraiture.
presentation	A visual representation of something. After her presentation* to Queen Victoria he had escorted his sister to numerous balls.*
representation	A statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting. Certain representations were made concerning police brutality.
sketch	A short humorous play or performance, consisting typically of one scene in a revue or comedy programme. You can see how the first movement evolved from the composer s sketches.
study	A room used for reading and writing and studying. A complex study* of a gay teenager.*
word picture	Information about recent and important events.
word-painting	A graphic or vivid verbal description.

Usage Examples of "Depiction" as a noun

Michelangelo's depictions of the male nude.
The painting's horrific depiction of war.

Associations of "Depiction" (30 Words)

characterization	A description of the distinctive nature or features of someone or something. The film s narrative elegance and richly developed characterizations.
cinematic	Relating to the cinema. The cinematic* feel of their video.*
daguerreotype	A photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor.
define	Determine the nature of. The dictionary defines it as a type of pasture.
delineate	Describe or portray (something) precisely. His finger found a precisely outlined section delineated in red marker.
delineation	Representation by drawing or painting etc. The eventual delineation* of the border between the two states.*
depict	Make a portrait of. These equations may be depicted on a graph.
describe	Mark out or draw (a geometrical figure. On the diameter of a circle an equilateral triangle is described.
description	Sort or variety. People who had seen him were able to give a description.
draw	Represent by making a drawing of as with a pencil chalk etc on a surface. He got a pair of kings in the draw.
elucidate	Make clear and (more) comprehensible. In what follows I shall try to elucidate* what I believe the problems to be.*
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. I explained about Maureen calling round.
explanation	Thought that makes something comprehensible. My application was rejected without explanation.
exposition	A collection of things (goods or works of art etc.) for public display. The country squires dreaded the exposition* of their rustic conversation.*
expository	Intended to explain or describe something. Clean expository* writing.*
expound	Explain the meaning of (a literary or doctrinal work. The abbess expounded the scriptures to her nuns.
gallery	A long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose. He lashed a two iron on to the green bringing gasps from the gallery.
illustrate	Depict with an illustration. The World Cup illustrated what high standards our players must achieve.
illustration	An illustrative example. By way of illustration* I refer to the following case.*
interpret	Give an interpretation or rendition of. How do you interpret* his behavior.*
interpretation	An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious. The interpretation* of data.*
narrative	A message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program. A gripping narrative.
painter	An artist who paints. A self employed painter* and decorator.*
photography	The occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies.
picture	Represent in a photograph or picture. Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.
portraiture	A word picture of a person’s appearance and character. His strength as a novelist lay in his portraiture* of upper class families.*
portray	Portray in words. He chose Trevor Howard to portray* Captain Bligh.*
portrayal	A description of someone or something in a particular way; a representation. His portrayal* of the title character.*
snapshot	A record of the contents of a storage location or data file at a given time. The procedure takes a new snapshot* and does pixel counts for various sub areas.*