Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun image
9 senses of image
Sense 1
image, mental image -- (an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate")
=> representation, mental representation, internal representation -- (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Sense 2
persona, image -- ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty")
=> appearance, visual aspect -- (outward or visible aspect of a person or thing)
Sense 3
picture, image, icon, ikon -- (a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them")
=> representation -- (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Sense 4
prototype, paradigm, epitome, image -- (a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father")
=> model, example -- (a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example")
Sense 5
trope, figure of speech, figure, image -- (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
=> rhetorical device -- (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
Sense 6
double, image, look-alike -- (someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother")
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")
Sense 7
image, range, range of a function -- ((mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers")
=> set -- ((mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; "the set of prime numbers is infinite")
Sense 8
image -- (the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image")
=> impression, effect -- (an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting")
Sense 9
effigy, image, simulacrum -- (a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone")
=> representation -- (a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb image
2 senses of image
Sense 1
image -- (render visible, as by means of MRI)
=> visualize, visualise -- (view the outline of by means of an X-ray; "The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver")
Sense 2
visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image -- (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy")
=> imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage -- (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?")