Pictorial

Quick meaning: Pictorial is an adjective meaning Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

Meaning

Of, relating to, composed of, or illustrated by pictures.

More Meanings

1. Described or otherwise represented as if in a picture; graphic or vivid.
2. Stylistically similar to a painting, especially following the conventions of pictorialism.
3. A newspaper or magazine with many pictures, or section thereof.
4. An article primarily featuring many photographs, or simply a collection of photographs.
5. (philately) A stamp featuring a vignette of local scenery or culture.

Example Sentences

Sunday Pictorial

The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.

beautiful Pictorials, topicals, commemoratives, airmails. Introductory selection 40% discount. Ralph Rice, 15 Longlane, West Hartford 7, Conn.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

Word Forms

• pictoral
• pictorials

Synonyms for pictorial

Depending on context, synonyms include vivid, realistic, graphic, illustrated, lifelike, pictural.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pictural, graphic, lifelike, illustrated, realistic, vivid.

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