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Synonyms for image

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

copy statue likeness shape metaphor picture prototype representation

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Effigy

effigy, copy, likeness, simulacrum, statue, idol

2. Figure

shape, form, forme US, figure of speech, trope, metaphor, figure dated

3. Representation

picture, icon

4. Prototype

prototype, paradigm, epitome

Other

idea, representation, resemblance, similitude, model, reflection, conception, shadow, face, look-a-like, looky-likey UK, mental image, value

Verb

1. Vision

see, vision, visualize, visualise UK, project, fancy, imagine, realize, realise UK, envision

Other

illustrate, reflect

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.

    The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.

  2. n. 2

    A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art. A file on a computer containing a single frame; an image file.

  3. n. 3

    A mental picture of something not real or not present.

  4. v. 1

    To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.

Related words

Word family
imagery imaginable imaginary imagination imaginative imagine
Phrases
graven image lenticular image mirror image image sensor public image spitting image still image inverse image

Forms

Plural
images → effigies, copies, likenesses, simulacrums…
Past participle
imaged
e.g. imaged → seen, visioned, visualized, projected…

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An image is a visible representation, especially in sculpture, having or supposed to have a close resemblance to that which it represents.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • copy Do you still have a copy of yesterday's newspaper?
  • statue The statue was carved from a block of cherry wood.
  • likeness A painter could not better describe his likeness.
  • shape Ken'nichi made a pond in the shape of Lake Geneva.
  • metaphor Churchill uses the metaphor of building a temple.
  • picture It is the most artistic picture I have ever taken.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
imagerising
copyfalling
statuerising
likenessrising
shapesteady
metaphorrising

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

By length

3 letters
see1
4 letters
face1, idea3, form1, copy2, icon2, idol2
5 letters
value2, model2, shape1, fancy2, trope, forme
6 letters
figure2, vision2, shadow2, statue2, effigy3
7 letters
project2, picture2, imagine3, realize3, reflect2, realise3, epitome4
8 letters
metaphor3, paradigm3, likeness2, envision3
9 letters
prototype3, visualize3, visualise
10 letters
reflection3, conception3, illustrate3, simulacrum, similitude
11 letters
resemblance3
14 letters
representation5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idea3 = 3 syllables).