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Synonyms for depict

23 synonyms
5 antonyms
3 meanings

verb

Most common

represent picture show render describe draw portray

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Represent

represent, picture, show, render, visualize, visualise UK, express, exhibit, color US, colour UK, bespeak, set forth, register, depicture dated

2. Describe

3. Portray

Other

delineate, paint, sketch, pencil, rehearse

Antonyms

distort, misrepresent, conceal

All antonyms of depict →

Definitions

v. 1
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

Forms

Past participle: depicted
e.g. depicted → represented, pictured, shown, rendered…

Example sentences

picture It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.
represent How much does industry represent in Algeria's GDP?
render Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's.
visualize I want you to close your eyes and visualize it.
paint Oil on canvas can never paint a petal so delicate.
sketch Once the sketch is completed, ink it with a nib pen.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
depict		rising
picture		steady
represent		steady
render		falling
visualize		rising
paint		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: show¹, draw¹, limn¹
5 letters: color², paint¹
6 letters: colour², sketch¹, pencil², render²
7 letters: picture², express², exhibit³, portray², bespeak²
8 letters: register³, describe², rehearse²
9 letters: represent³, visualize³, delineate⁴, visualise, depicture

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color² = 2 syllables).