Definition of
Image
- (noun, artifact) a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone - (noun, artifact) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them - (noun, attribute) the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
the company tried to project an altruistic image - (noun, attribute) (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
- (noun, cognition) an iconic mental representation
- (noun, cognition) a standard or typical example
he provided America with an image of the good father - (noun, communication) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
- (noun, group) (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
- (noun, person) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
she's the very image of her mother - (verb, creation) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy - (verb, perception) render visible, as by means of MRI
- (noun, artifact) a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
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Synonyms of Image
double, effigy, envision, epitome, fancy, figure, figure of speech, icon, ikon, look-alike, mental image, paradigm, persona, picture, project, prototype, range, range of a function, see, simulacrum, trope, visualise, visualize
Alternate forms of Image
Derivations: image, imagery, imaging
Hyponyms: auditory image, bird-scarer, bitmap, cat scan, chiaroscuro, clone, collage, computer graphic, conceit, concentrate, cyclorama, dead ringer, diorama, echogram, electronic image, exaggeration, foil, god, graphic, graven image, guy, hyperbole, iconography, idol, imagination image, imago, impression, inset, irony, kenning, likeness, memory image, mental picture, metaphor, metonymy, montage, oxymoron, panorama, personification, picture, prosopopoeia, reflection, reflexion, ringer, scan, scarecrow, scarer, semblance, simile, sonogram, straw man, strawman, synecdoche, thought-image, transparency, visual image, visualisation, visualization, wax figure, waxwork, zeugma
Hypernyms: appearance, conceive of, effect, envisage, example, ideate, imagine, impression, individual, internal representation, mental representation, model, mortal, person, representation, rhetorical device, set, somebody, someone, soul, visual aspect, visualise, visualize
Origin of the word Image
- early 13c., "artificial representation that looks like a person or thing," from O.Fr. image, earlier imagene (11c.), from L. imaginem (nom. imago) "copy, statue, picture, idea, appearance," from stem of imitari "to copy, imitate" (see imitate). Meaning "reflection in a mirror" is early 14c. The mental sense was in Latin, and appears in English… more
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Words that sound like Image
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