portrait
portrait is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue representing the actual features or person of an individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or statue.
- 2.To portray; to draw. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- and
- artist
- buff
- camera
- caricaturist
- carver
- chaser
- cinematographer
- coach
- copyist
- dauber
- designer
- draftsman
- draughtsman
- drawer
- enamel
- enameler
- enamelist
- engraver
- flower
- gun
- hack
- historical
- landscape
- limner
- marine
- master
- miniature
- miniaturist
- modeler
- old
- painter
- photo
- photographer
- scene
- sculptor
- sign
- sketcher
- statuary
- technician
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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