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portrait

noun

1 portrait

A word picture of a person's appearance and character.

synonyms: portraiture, portrayal.

Roget 554: representation, representment; imitation etc. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, ... show more

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; ... show more

Roget 21: copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness.    image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, ... show more

Dutch: portret, portretkunst
Polish: portret, sylwetka

2 portrait

Any likeness of a person, in any medium:
— The photographer made excellent portraits.

synonym: portrayal.

Polish: podobizna, portret


Moby thesaurus: Telephoto, Wirephoto, account, aerial photograph, black-and-white photograph, cameo, candid photograph, catalog, cataloging, certified copy, character, character sketch, characterization, cheesecake, chronophotograph, color photograph, color print, companion, copy, counterfeit ... show more.

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