'Portrait' definitions:
Definition of 'portrait'
From: WordNet
noun
A word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn: portrayal, portraiture, portrait]
noun
Any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer made excellent portraits" [syn: portrait, portrayal]
Definition of 'Portrait'
From: GCIDE
- Portrait \Por"trait\, v. t. To portray; to draw. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Portrait'
From: GCIDE
- Portrait \Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to portray. See Portray.]
- 1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved; commonly, a representation of the human face painted from real life. [1913 Webster]
- In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J. Reynolds. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to include a photographic likeness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of a person; as, a portrait in words. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'portrait'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- account,
- aerial photograph,
- black-and-white photograph,
- cameo,
- candid photograph,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- certified copy,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- cheesecake,
- chronophotograph,
- color photograph,
- color print,
- companion,
- copy,
- counterfeit,
- dead ringer,
- delineation,
- depiction,
- description,
- details,
- diapositive,
- dossier,
- double,
- duplicate,
- ectype,
- effigy,
- evocation,
- exact likeness,
- fair copy,
- faithful copy,
- fake,
- fellow,
- file,
- forgery,
- graphic account,
- head,
- heliochrome,
- heliograph,
- icon,
- idol,
- image,
- imagery,
- imitation,
- impression,
- itemization,
- likeness,
- limning,
- living image,
- living picture,
- match,
- mate,
- miniature,
- mirroring,
- model,
- montage,
- mug,
- mug shot,
- particularization,
- pasticcio,
- pastiche,
- phony,
- photo,
- photobiography,
- photochronograph,
- photograph,
- photomap,
- photomicrograph,
- photomontage,
- photomural,
- picture,
- picturization,
- pinup,
- portraiture,
- portrayal,
- profile,
- record,
- reflection,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- resemblance,
- ringer,
- rubbing,
- semblance,
- shadow,
- shot,
- silhouette,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- sketch,
- slide,
- snap,
- snapshot,
- specification,
- spit,
- spit and image,
- spitting image,
- still,
- still photograph,
- story,
- study,
- Telephoto,
- telephotograph,
- thumbnail sketch,
- trace,
- tracing,
- transparency,
- twin,
- very image,
- very picture,
- vignette,
- vivid description,
- Wirephoto,
- word painting