Synonyms of depicting

depicting

verb

present participle of depict

1

as in describing

to give a representation or account of in words

this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• portraying
• painting
• rendering
• illustrating
• picturing
• characterizing
• delineating
• sketching
• representing
• setting out
• defining
• recounting
• drawing
• relating
• outlining
• limning
• showing
• displaying
• summarizing
• telling
• imaging
• demonstrating
• narrating
• exhibiting
• suggesting
• reporting
• labeling
• reciting
• tracing
• hinting
• qualifying
• rehearsing
• drafting
• silhouetting
• summing up
• redescribing
• touching off
• reimaging
• vignetting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• distorting
• twisting
• misrepresenting
• falsifying
• coloring
• warping
• misstating
• perverting
• misdescribing
• garbling

2

as in characterizing

to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group

the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describing
• characterizing
• portraying
• representing
• defining
• identifying
• charactering
• classifying
• indicating
• categorizing
• typing
• specifying
• marking
• pigeonholing
• distinguishing
• stamping
• naming
• coloring
• individualizing
• particularizing

3

as in portraying

to present a picture of

the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day

Synonyms & Similar Words

• portraying
• representing
• describing
• picturing
• showing
• documenting
• illustrating
• imaging
• rendering
• outlining
• delineating
• sketching
• silhouetting
• caricaturing
• diagramming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of depicting

Johnson talks about researching police work but almost entirely avoiding depicting scenes of it on the page, and also explains why the book transitions from third to first person. — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026

Another powerful work is Steve McQueen’s 1993 film Bear, depicting two Black men wrestling. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

The first big studio feature with an all-Asian cast was praised for depicting Chinese characters and Chinese food in a non-demeaning way. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

His latest, Moulin, his first French-language film, depicting the story of French resistance leader Jean Moulin, premiered in Cannes competition this year. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Artisans filled the 188,368-square-foot courtyard with a marble mosaic depicting gigantic native blooms alongside irises, tulips, lilies and roses. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

SpaceX has released an official video depicting how its orbital data centers would work, creating rings of satellites around the planet. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026

From there, Brown wrote and illustrated his first picture book depicting an aardvark named Arthur. — Ashley Montgomery, NPR, 5 Oct. 2026

An appeals court in Arizona on Wednesday threw out the prison sentence of a man convicted of manslaughter after a video created by artificial intelligence depicting the victim forgiving his killer was played in court. — Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026