Picture definition

Picture as a noun

1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

   "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"

   Same sense: image, icon, ikon

2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

   "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

   Same sense: painting

3. a clear and telling mental image

   "he described his mental picture of his assailant"

   Same sense: mental picture, impression

4. a situation treated as an observable object

   "the political picture is favorable"

   Same sense: scene

5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

   "the dictionary had many pictures"

   Same sense: pictorial matter

6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

   Same sense: film, movie, picture show, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, pic

7. the visible part of a television transmission

   "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

   Same sense: video

8. a graphic or vivid verbal description

   "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"

   Same sense: word picture, word-painting, characterization, depiction, characterisation, delineation

9. a typical example of some state or quality

   "the very picture of a modern general"

10. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

    Same sense: photo, exposure, photograph, pic

Picture as a verb

11. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

    Same sense: see, project, figure, image, fancy, visualize, envision, visualise

12. show in, or as in, a picture

    Same sense: show, render, depict

Synonyms and antonyms

• image
• icon
• ikon
• painting
• mental picture
• impression
• scene
• pictorial matter
• film definition
• movie definition
• picture show
• moving picture
• moving-picture show
• motion picture
• motion-picture show
• pic
• video definition
• word picture
• word-painting
• characterization
• depiction
• characterisation
• delineation
• photo

How to say picture

Picture has 2 syllables and rhymes with stricture. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with picture

• stricture

PICTURE in word games

Scrabble

11

Words With Friends

14

Anagrams

1

Is PICTURE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PICTURE in the word checker, or unscramble PICTURE to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.