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1. likeness, semblance, similitude, icon, representation, simulacrum, portrait, depictment, depiction; artwork, painting, drawing, line drawing, black and white, pen and ink, oil painting, pastel, wa-tercolor, gouache, wash drawing, engraving, etching; realistic painting, impressionistic painting, surrealistic painting, cubist painting; illustration, sketch; photograph, Inf. photo, snapshot, Inf. snap, Inf. candid, Inf. pin-up; tableau, Inf. black-out, Inf. still.

2. image, reflection, reflected image, shadow, silhouette.

3. description, portrayal, report, detail, recountal, recreation, reenactment, recital, recitation, Inf. rehash; narrative, relation, account; story, tale, history, chronicle, record, memoir, vignette.

4. film, movie, motion picture, moving picture, Dial. picture show. See motion

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5. counterpart, replica, copy, duplicate, facsimile, faithful copy, reproduction; twin, living or very image; double, look-alike, carbon copy, match, exact match, perfect likeness, Inf. spit and image or spitting image, chip off the old block, Sl. ringer, Sl. dead ringer.

6. epitome, typification, archetype, prototype, model, example, perfect example; embodiment, living embodiment, living example, incarnation, corporeali-zation, incorporation, personification.

7.Usu. the picture

situation, state, the state of things, state of affairs, circumstances, the way things are; conditions, status quo, the times; background, reasons, causes, motives; factors, details, pros and cons, pluses and minuses, risks, contingencies, possibilities, options, predictions, possible outcome, Inf. war map; turn of events, course of events, explanation, commentary, version; plight, predicament, difficulty, dilemma.

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8. draw, paint, sketch, depict, delineate, pictorialize; portray, illustrate, Archaic. limn, trace, reproduce; represent, show, exhibit, manifest, display; disclose, bring to view, put before [s.o.'s] eyes.

9. imagine, conceive of, envision, Inf. feature; visualize, hypothesize, theorize, conjecture, Inf. dream up, fancy, call to mind, remember, summon up. Inf. dredge up; fantasize, romanticize, give free rein to-one's imagination, see in the mind's eye.

10. describe, narrate, relate, recount, give an account of; tell, recite, express; report, set out, chronicle, paint a verbal picture, Inf. paint with words, outline verbally; explain, account for, answer to, clear up; define, elucidate, specify, detail, flesh out, annotate, fill in the details; indicate, denote, connote, characterize, label.

11. reflect, mirror, duplicate, represent; imitate, emulate, simulate, parallel.