PICTURING Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

picturing

verb

present participle of picture

as in depicting

to present a picture of the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence

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as in imagining

to form a mental picture of could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs

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as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words pictured the sailing ship in vivid language

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as in drawing

to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils

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Recent Examples of picturing Rose is now in southeast Asia, but after picturing what customs would say, Mystic stayed back with her mother-in-law. — Maddie Rhodes, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Where to Eat and Drink The Salt Lick BBQ is likely what many out-of-state visitors imagine when picturing Central Texas-style barbecue—and its backstory is just as flavorful as its brisket. — Kat Stinson, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2026 Jones argues that the standard template many people imagine when picturing a dragon—wings, reptilian scales, and sharp teeth—is a kind of composite of humanity’s earliest predators. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 Final Take your pick from all those big dogs still in the fight, there is little scope to go wrong when picturing the dream showpiece event on July 19. — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 28 June 2026 Denim and Chambray Most can’t imagine Stewart’s style without picturing some form of denim at the forefront. — Erika Reals, InStyle, 23 June 2026 When picturing a predator, most people envision an animal with immense speed, sharp teeth or deadly venom. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026 The test case—picturing a cow doing ballet—produces a smug bovine pirouetting. — Elise Broach, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Like many abstract artists before her, Colón, who was born in Canada to a Puerto Rican father and now lives in Los Angeles, is enamored of picturing the world in its most fundamental form, and maybe even evoking something like the universal. — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 7 Apr. 2026

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Iran refers to Trump’s ‘delusion’ about the strait Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi appeared to respond to Trump’s post on social media depicting the strait as American territory.

— Samy Magdy, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026
Jahnke’s work features four panels depicting realistic images of local wildlife, including geese, raccoons, a fox and an owl.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Researchers have spent a decade imagining an AI that acquires purposes of its own, stays switched on, gathers power, and eventually displaces us.

— Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
The film begins with the religious question of whether young Ilyas is allowed to shave the bristles on his upper lip, leading to a consistent self-consciousness, which appears (and re-appears) as Ilyas imagining extreme close-ups of hair and skin.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of imagining

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Georgia Power’s deal to provide electricity to a massive, OpenAI campus planned near Savannah is drawing regulators’ scrutiny and reviving debates about how to keep residential customers safe from the facilities’ costs.

— Drew Kann, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Contra Despite the cancellations in some European countries, West’s shows in others have gone ahead, drawing large crowds.

— Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of drawing

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Outside of the Camp Rock franchise, she is best known for portraying Theresa Russo, the family matriarch in Wizards of Waverly Place and later on Wizards Beyond Waverly Place.

— Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Jeremy Strong is speaking out on portraying Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin‘s forthcoming film, The Social Reckoning.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of portraying

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Unanswered emails can make people feel ignored or disrespected, or jump to worrying or envisioning worst-case scenarios, such as being on the brink of getting laid off or fired.

— Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2026
The moon is the new go-to destination in space, with NASA envisioning a stampede of robotic craft over the next several years to form the foundation for a sustainable lunar base.

— Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of envisioning

Verb

Nothing has been decided yet, and the ministries involved have made no official comment, but officials have gone as far as sketching options—including a bar on public release or a limit to domestic use only.

— Harry Booth, Time, 7 July 2026
According to Minerva, creating these luxurious sets starts with sketching the signature swirling line work in black.

— Amanda Le, InStyle, 29 June 2026

Definition of sketching

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Toyota, Honda and Nissan benefited in their most recent quarterly reports from a historically weak currency, with the first two upgrading their full-year forecasts and the latter seeing its first profit in about two years.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026
Regardless, seeing it in practice helped show what the Bills may do at the macro and micro levels once the regular season begins.

— Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

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