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

synonyms: portrait, portrayal.

Roget 554: representation, representment^†; imitation etc. 19; illustration, delineation, depictment^†; imagery, portraiture, iconography; design, designing; art, fine arts; painting etc. 556; sculpture etc. 557; engraving etc. 558; photography, cinematography; radiography, autoradiography [Bioch.], fluorography [Chem], sciagraphy^†.    personation, personification; impersonation; drama etc. 599.    picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV.    copy etc. 21; drawing, sketch, drought, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme.    image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile.    figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet^†, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet^†, marionette, fantoccini^†, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette.    ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram.    map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626.    ichnography^†, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view etc. (painting) 556; radiograph, scotograph^†, sciagraph^†; spectrogram, heliogram^†.    ... show more

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy^†, skiagraphy^†; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; treatment.    historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography^†.    school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art etc. 847.    monochrome, polychrome; grisaille [Fr.].    pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint etc. (coloring matter) 428; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish etc. 356.1, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry.    photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting; graphics, computer graphics.    picture, painting, piece [Fr.], tableau, canvas; oil painting &c.; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil drawing &c., water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.    photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype^†, calotype^†, heliotype^†; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo.    technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome; Polaroid.    portrait etc. (representation) 554; whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile.    landscape, seapiece^†; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life.    picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca^†.    ... show more

Dutch: portret, portretkunst
Polish: portret, sylwetka

The activity of making portraits.

Dutch: portretkunst
Polish: sportretowanie