Visual

Quick meaning: Visual is an adjective meaning Related to or affecting the vision.

Meaning

Related to or affecting the vision.

More Meanings

1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
3. (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
4. (advertising) A preliminary sketch.
5. (music) Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
6. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

Example Sentences

The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.

It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.

Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.

Word Forms

• visuall
• visuals

Synonyms for visual

Depending on context, synonyms include optical, optic, visible, ocular, seeable.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include optical, seeable, visible, optic, ocular, eyesight.

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