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Synonyms for word-painting in English

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word-painting:
- picture; depiction; characterization; characterisation; delineation; word picture; word-painting

English

Detailed Synonyms for word-painting in English

word-painting:

word-painting [the ~] noun

the word-painting

– a graphic or vivid verbal description ¹
the picture; the depiction; the characterization; the characterisation; the delineation; the word picture; the word-painting
– a graphic or vivid verbal description ¹
- picture [the ~] noun
  - the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland¹
- depiction [the ~] noun
- characterization [the ~] noun, American
  - the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters¹
- characterisation [the ~] noun, British
- delineation [the ~] noun
- word picture [the ~] noun
  - too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures¹
- word-painting [the ~] noun

Alternate Synonyms for "word-painting":

word picture; delineation; depiction; picture; characterization; characterisation; description; verbal description

Related Definitions for "word-painting":

a graphic or vivid verbal description¹

Related Synonyms for word-painting

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University