| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illustration, likeness of something |
Synonyms: |
account, art, blueprint, canvas, cartoon, copy, delineation, depiction, description, doodle, double, draft, drawing, duplicate, effigy, engraving, figure, icon, image, impression, lookalike, outline, painting, panorama, photo, photograph, piece, portrait, portrayal, presentment, print, re-creation, replica, report, representation, ringer, similitude, simulacrum, sketch, spectacle, spitting image, statue, tableau, twin |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perfect example |
Synonyms: |
archetype, embodiment, epitome, essence, idea, personification |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment film |
Synonyms: |
cartoon, cinema, flick, motion picture, movie, moving picture, photoplay, picture show, show |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depict, describe |
Synonyms: |
delineate, draw, illustrate, image, interpret, limn, paint, photograph, portray, render, represent, show, sketch |
| Main Entry: | picture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form vision in one's mind |
Synonyms: |
conceive of, create, daydream, dream, envision, fancy, fantasize, imagine, portray, see, see in the mind's eye, visualize |
| Main Entry: | account |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written description of past events |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, annal, blow by blow, bulletin, chronicle, detail, explanation, history, lowdown, make*, narration, narrative, play by play, recital, report, run-down, score, story, tab, take, tale, the picture, the whole picture, version |
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
Synonyms: |
adventures, autobiography, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, diary, experiences, journal, letters, life, life history, life story, memoir, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, vita |
| Main Entry: | canvas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | painting on coarse material |
Synonyms: |
art, artwork, oil, picture, piece, portrait, still life, watercolor |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | cinema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movie industry; movie arena |
Synonyms: |
big screen, bijou, cine, drive-in, film, flicks, motion pictures, movie house, movie theater, moving pictures, nabes, photoplay, picture show, pictures, playhouse, show, silver screen |
| Main Entry: | conception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding; idea |
Synonyms: |
apperception, appreciation, apprehension, clue, cogitating, cognition, communing, comprehension, conceit, concentrating, concept, consideration, considering, deliberating, design, dreaming, envisaging, explanation, exposition, fancy, fancying, image, imagining, impression, inkling, intellection, interpretation, meditating, meditation, mental grasp, musing, notion, perception, philosophizing, picture, plan, realization, representation, speculating, speculation, thought, version |
Antonyms: |
being, concrete |