Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun picturing
2 senses of picturing
Sense 1
picturing, envisioning -- (visual imagery)
=> imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery -- (the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination")
Sense 2
pictorial representation, picturing -- (visual representation as by photography or painting)
=> representation -- (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)
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")