portrait

Speech parts

1. portrait - Noun

2. portrait - Adjective

3. portrait - Verb

Meaning

The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life.

Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words.

To portray; to draw.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

portrayal study image picture painting representation drawing photo illustration rendering photograph depiction sketch miniature likeness
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Antonyms

landscape being original fact problem basis
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Hypernyms

picture depiction characterization likeness semblance delineation

Hyponyms

half-length self-portrait

Phrases with the word

deranged portrait eponymous portrait subject portrait autobiographical portrait character portrait portrait class

Examples

A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend. John Singer Sargent

My job as a portrait photographer is to seduce, amuse and entertain. Helmut Newton

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. Oscar Wilde

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. Max Beerbohm

One is never satisfied with a portrait of a person that one knows. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Close letter words and terms

portpass Portpatrick Portrack portrait camera portrait class portrait lens