If you depict someone or something, you show what that person or thing is like—either in some kind of image (such as a drawing, painting, photograph, or movie), or with words.

DEPICT definition: to represent by or as if by painting or other visual image; portray; delineate. See examples of depict used in a sentence.

DEPICT definition: 1. to represent or show something in a picture or story: 2. to represent or show something in a…. Learn more.

To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting. ...a gallery of pictures depicting Nelson's most famous battles. [VERB noun]

When you depict something, you draw a picture of it, describe it, or show what it looks like. So grab a crayon, a paint brush, or even an Etch-A-Sketch and start depicting.

May 5, 2025 · depict (third-person singular simple present depicts, present participle depicting, simple past and past participle depicted) At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed …

Depict, portray, sketch imply a representation of an object or scene by colors or lines, or by words. Depict emphasizes vividness of detail: to depict the confusion of departure.

Depict means to represent or portray something in a picture, sculpture, literature, or other artistic form. It can also denote giving a detailed description of something or representing it visually.

1. To represent in a picture or sculpture: Each page's border has designs that depict forest animals. 2. To represent in words; describe: stories that depict life on the frontier.

Synonyms for DEPICT: describe, portray, render, illustrate, paint, characterize, set out, delineate; Antonyms of DEPICT: distort, misrepresent, color, falsify, twist, misstate, pervert, warp