Synonyms for PORTRAIT
ˈpɔr trɪt, -treɪt, ˈpoʊr-por·trait

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1. portraitnoun

   a print mode or selection specifying the rectangle to be printed on having the vertical sides longer than the horizontal sides.

   Antonyms:
   profile, landscape

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. portrayal, portraiture, portraitnoun

   a word picture of a person's appearance and character

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, characterization, depicting, depiction, portrait, delineation, portraying, portrayal, enactment, personation

2. portrait, portrayalnoun

   any likeness of a person, in any medium

   "the photographer made excellent portraits"

   Synonyms:
   portraiture, characterization, depicting, personation, portrait, delineation, portraying, portrayal, enactment, depiction

Matched Categories

1. • Likeness
   • Word Picture

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1. portraitnoun

   Synonyms:
   representation (of a face or a person, drawn or painted), likeness, daguerreotype, photograph, portraiture, MINIATURE

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1. List of paraphrases for "portrait":

   picture, portraits, vertical, portrayal, sketch, profile, spitting, likeness, snapshot, overview, depiction, painting

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1. John Lewis:

   I can bear witness that the portrait painted of that time and place in our history is very real, it's seared in my memory, black men and women, our brothers and sisters, treated as second class citizens, threatened for raising their families or earning a living, beaten and sometimes killed for the crime of trying to live a life with dignity. Our nation bears the scars of that time, as do I.

2. Samuel Johnson:

   I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

3. Mira Nairs:

   Portraying the reality of what we were living around was so funny compared to anything else, and yet it was a portrait of ignorance and of complete oblivion about what the reality of the world is.

4. Martin Tobias Lithner:

   The intricate mosaic of personality, where the fragments of temperament, character, and individual experience interlock to form the unique existence of the self. In this psychological atelier, the artist of the mind blends the hues of genetics, environment, and personal narrative, creating a portrait that evolves with the brushstrokes of time.

5. Max Beerbohm:

   It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his portrait.