- word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
--1 is a kind of description, verbal description
--1 has particulars: epithet; portrayal, portraiture, portraitDerived forms: verb delineate2, verb delineate5 - delineation, depiction, limning, line drawing - a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
--2 is a kind of drawing
--2 has particulars: animalizationDerived forms: verb delineate1, verb delineate3, verb delineate4 - depiction, delineation, portrayal - representation by drawing or painting etc
--3 is a kind of pictorial representation, picturing
--3 has particulars: portraitureDerived forms: verb delineate1, verb delineate3, verb delineate4