Noun

• S: (n) word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation (a graphic or vivid verbal description) "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
• S: (n) depicting, depiction, portraying, portrayal (a representation by picture or portraiture)
• S: (n) delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing (a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects)
• S: (n) depiction, delineation, portrayal (representation by drawing or painting etc)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) portraiture (the activity of making portraits)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) pictorial representation, picturing (visual representation as by photography or painting)
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) depict [Related to: depiction] (show in, or as in, a picture) "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
• W: (v) delineate [Related to: delineation] (show the form or outline of) "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
• W: (v) delineate [Related to: delineation] (trace the shape of)
• W: (v) delineate [Related to: delineation] (make a mark or lines on a surface) "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"
• W: (v) portray [Related to: portrayal] (represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture) "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"