English > word picture: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A graphic or vivid verbal description. |
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| Example | "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures" |
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| Synonyms | word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation |
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| Narrower | epithet | Descriptive word or phrase |
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| portrayal, portraiture, portrait | A word picture of a person's appearance and character |
| Broader | description, verbal description | A statement that represents something in words |
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| Spanish | caracterización, delineación, descripción, descripción verbal, imagen, representación, retrato hablado, retrato |
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| Catalan | caracterització, descripció, imatge, representació |
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