word picture

1. 1.

   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”

   Synonymsword-paintingdelineationdepictionpicturecharacterizationcharacterisation

   Broaderdescription

   Narrowerepithetportrayal

Questions about word picture

What does word picture mean?

word picture means "a graphic or vivid verbal description".

What is another word for word picture?

Close synonyms include word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is word picture a common word?

word picture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.