nnoun.communicationa graphic or vivid verbal descriptionSynset:characterisation characterization delineation picture word-painting word picture
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:characterisedepictdelineate
Hypernyms:description verbal description
Inherited Hypernyms:word picturedescriptionstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:epithetportraitportraitureportrayal
Full Hyponyms:epithetportrayal
nnoun.cognitiona representation by picture or portraitureSynset:depicting portrayal portraying
Derivationally Related Form:portraydepict
Hypernyms:representational process
Inherited Hypernyms:depictingrepresentational processbasic cognitive processprocesscognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:mirror
nnoun.artifacta drawing of the outlines of forms or objectsSynset:delineation limning line drawing
Derivationally Related Form:delineate
Hypernyms:drawing
Inherited Hypernyms:delineationdrawingrepresentationcreationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:animalization
Full Hyponyms:animalization
nnoun.actrepresentation by drawing or painting etcSynset:delineation portrayal
Derivationally Related Form:portraydepictdelineate
Hypernyms:pictorial representation picturing
Inherited Hypernyms:depictionpictorial representationrepresentationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:portraiture
Full Hyponyms:portraiture