Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb picture
2 senses of picture
Sense 1
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?")
Sense 2
picture, depict, render, show -- (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")
=> represent, interpret -- (create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl")
Antonyms of adj pictured
2 senses of pictured
Sense 1
envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised -- (seen in the mind as a mental image; "the glory of his envisioned future"; "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination"; "the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life")
INDIRECT (VIA unreal) -> real, existent -- (being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow)
Sense 2
depicted, pictured, portrayed -- (represented graphically by sketch or design or lines)
INDIRECT (VIA delineated) -> undelineated -- (not represented accurately or precisely)
Similarity of adj pictured
2 senses of pictured
Sense 1
envisioned, pictured, visualized, visualised -- (seen in the mind as a mental image; "the glory of his envisioned future"; "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination"; "the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life")
=> unreal (vs. real) -- (lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news")
Sense 2
depicted, pictured, portrayed -- (represented graphically by sketch or design or lines)
=> delineated (vs. undelineated), represented, delineate -- (represented accurately or precisely)