| NOUN | communication | portrayal, portraiture, portrait | a word picture of a person's appearance and character |
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| act | portrayal, characterization, enactment, personation | acting the part of a character on stage | |
| cognition | portrayal, depicting, depiction, portraying | a representation by picture or portraiture | |
| artifact | portrayal, portrait | any likeness of a person, in any medium | |
| act | portrayal, depiction, delineation | representation by drawing or painting etc |
| Sounds | paortrey'ahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A word picture of a person's appearance and character. | |
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| Synonyms | portraiture, portrait | |
| Broader | word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation | A graphic or vivid verbal description |
| Spanish | descripción, retrato | |
| Catalan | descripció, retrat | |
| Verbs | portray | portray in words / words |
| Meaning | Acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech / speech and action and gesture. | |
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| Synonyms | characterization, enactment, personation | |
| Narrower | character, role, theatrical role, part, persona | An actor's portrayal of someone in a play |
| impression | An impressionistic portrayal of a person | |
| Broader | acting, playing, playacting, performing | The performance of a part or role in a drama |
| Spanish | actuación, interpretación, representación | |
| Catalan | interpretació, representació | |
| Verbs | portray | assume or act the character of |
| Meaning | A representation by picture or portraiture. | |
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| Synonyms | depicting, depiction, portraying | |
| Narrower | mirror | A faithful depiction or reflection |
| Broader | representational process | Any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something else |
| Spanish | imagen, pintura, representación, retrato | |
| Catalan | representació, retrat | |
| Verbs | portray | make a portrait of |
| Meaning | Any likeness of a person, in any medium. | |
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| Synonym | portrait | |
| Narrower | half-length | A portrait showing the body from only the waist up |
| self-portrait | A portrait of yourself created by yourself | |
| Broader | likeness, semblance | picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing |
| Spanish | retrato | |
| Catalan | retrat | |
| Meaning | representation by drawing or painting etc. | |
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| Synonyms | depiction, delineation | |
| Narrower | portraiture | The activity of making portraits |
| Broader | pictorial representation, picturing | visual representation as by photography or painting |
| Spanish | delineación | |
| Catalan | delineació | |
| Verbs | portray | represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture |
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