Antonyms for graphic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : graf-ik |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræf ɪk |
Definition of graphic
Origin :- "vivid," 1570s (implied in graphically), from Latin graphicus "picturesque," from Greek graphikos "of or for writing, belonging to drawing, picturesque," from graphe "writing, drawing," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy). Meaning "of or pertaining to drawing" is from 1756. Related: Graphically. Graphic design is attested by 1956. Graphic equalizer is from 1969.
- adj clear, explicit
- adj pictorial, visible
- It will enable me to judge of your powers of graphic description.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- After scoring over my calmness in this graphic way he nodded wisely.
- Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
- And I discovered in his speeches that this man of books could be graphic and picturesque.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- This, rather than the imaginative power, it was that made his descriptions so graphic.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 453 » by Various
- It was a first night, and he was taking sketches for The Graphic.
- Extract from : « Sketches in Lavender, Blue and Green » by Jerome K. Jerome
- The incidents related are stirring, and the style is graphic.
- Extract from : « 'Three Score Years and Ten' » by Charlotte Ouisconsin Van Cleve
- That comes to be in John's mind the most graphic and sure way of identifying this man.
- Extract from : « Quiet Talks on Power » by S.D. Gordon
- Between him and the door sat a lady with a copy of the "Graphic" on her knee.
- Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall
- Maret's description of the interview is graphic but far from complete.
- Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
- An account of it was published in the ‘Graphic’ for November of that year.
- Extract from : « The Voyage Alone in the Yawl "Rob Roy" » by John MacGregor
Synonyms for graphic
- blocked-out
- colorful
- compelling
- comprehensible
- concrete
- convincing
- definite
- delineated
- depicted
- descriptive
- detailed
- diagrammatic
- distinct
- drawn
- eloquent
- engraved
- etched
- expressive
- figurative
- forcible
- iconographic
- illustrated
- illustrational
- illustrative
- incisive
- intelligible
- lively
- lucid
- marked-out
- moving
- outlined
- painted
- perspicuous
- photographic
- pictoric
- pictured
- picturesque
- portrayed
- precise
- realistic
- representational
- seen
- sketched
- stirring
- striking
- strong
- telling
- traced
- unequivocal
- visual
- vivid
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