Copy Roget’s Thesaurus §21 N. copy,
facsimile,
counterpart, # effigies,
effigy, form, likeness, image,
picture,
photo, xerox,
similitude,
semblance,
ectype, photo offset,
electrotype, imitation, model, representation,
adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance,
duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing,
reflex, reflexion,
reflection, shadow,
echo,
transcript,
transcription, recording,
scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe,
apograph, fair copy,
parody,
caricature,
burlesque,
travesty, travestie,
paraphrase,
derivative,
derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation,
plagiarism,
counterfeit,
fake,
pasticcio N. appearance, phenomenon, sight,
spectacle, show, premonstration|, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil,
lookout, outlook, prospect,
vista,
perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape,
picture,
tableau, display, exposure, mise en scene, rising of the curtain,
phantasm,
phantom,
pageant,
spectacle, peep-show,
raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises,
magic lantern,
phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures,
panorama,
diorama,
cosmorama,
georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre,
pageantry,
insignia, aspect, angle, phase,
phasis, seeming, shape,
guise, look,
complexion, color, image,
mien, air, cast, carriage, port,
demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside,
contour, face, countenance,
physiognomy,
visage,
phiz, cast of countenance,
profile,
tournure, cut of one's jib,
metoposcopy, outside
V. appear, be visible, become visible, seem, look, show, present the appearance of, wear the appearance of, carry the appearance of, have the appearance of, bear the appearance of, exhibit the appearance of, take the appearance of, take on the appearance of, assume the appearance, present the semblance of, wear the semblance of, carry the semblance of, have the semblance of, bear the semblance of, exhibit the semblance of, take the semblance of, take on the semblance of, assume the semblance of, look like, cut a figure, figure, present to the view, show
Adv. apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance,
ostensibly,
seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it,
prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye
Phr. editio princeps
N. imagination, originality, invention, fancy, inspiration,
verve, warm imagination, heated imagination, excited imagination, sanguine imagination, ardent imagination, fiery imagination, boiling imagination, wild imagination, bold imagination, daring imagination, playful imagination, lively imagination, fertile imagination, fancy, "mind's eye", "such stuff as dreams are made of",
ideality,
idealism,
romanticism,
utopianism, castle-building, dreaming,
phrensy,
frenzy,
ecstasy,
extasy,
calenture,
reverie,
trance, day dream, golden dream,
somnambulism, conception, vorstellung,
excogitation, "a fine frenzy",
cloudland,
dreamland, flight of fancy, fumes of fancy, "thick coming fancies", creation of the brain, coinage of the brain,
imagery,
conceit,
maggot, figment,
myth, dream, vision, shadow,
chimera,
phantasm,
phantasy,
fantasy, fancy,
whim,
whimsey,
whimsy,
vagary,
rhapsody, romance,
gest,
geste,
extravaganza, air drawn dagger,
bugbear,
nightmare, flying dutchman, great sea serpent, man in the moon, castle in the air, pipe dream, pie-in-the-sky, chateau en espagne,
utopia,
atlantis, happy valley,
millennium,
fairyland, land of prester john, kingdom of micomicon, work of fiction, arabian nights, le pot au lait, dream of alnashar,
illusion,
phantom,
fata morgana,
vapor, stretch of the imagination, mythogenesis,
idealist,
romanticist,
visionary,
mopus, romancer, dreamer,
somnambulist,
rhapsodist, castle-buildier, fanciful projector
V. imagine, fancy, conceive,
idealize,
realize, dream, dream of, dream up, "give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name",
create,
originate,
devise,
invent, coin,
fabricate,
improvise, strike out something new, set one's wits to work, strain one's invention, crack one's invention, rack one's brains, ransack one's brains, cudgel one's brains,
excogitate, brainstorm, give play, give the reins, give a loose to the imagination, give fancy, indulge in reverie,
visualize, envision, conjure up a vision, fancy oneself, represent oneself,
picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself, vorstellen, float in the mind, suggest itself
Adj. imagined, ben trovato, air drawn, airbuilt, imagining, v,
imaginative, original,
inventive,
creative, fertile, romantic, high flown,
flighty,
extravagant,
fanatic,
enthusiastic, unrealistic,
utopian,
quixotic, ideal, unreal, in the clouds, in nubibus, unsubsantial,
illusory,
fabulous,
legendary,
mythical,
mythic,
mythological,
chimerical, imaginary,
visionary,
notional, fancy,
fanciful,
fantastic,
fantastical,
whimsical,
fairy, fairy-like,
gestic Phr. "a change came o'er the spirit of my dream", aegri somnia vana, dolphinum appingit sylvis in fluctibus aprum, "fancy light from fancy caught", "imagination rules the world", l'imagination gallope, le jugement ne va que le pas, musaeo contingens cuncta lepore, tous songes sont mensonges, wahrheil und dichtung
N. representation, representment, imitation, illustration,
delineation, depictment,
imagery,
portraiture,
iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving,
photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography,
sciagraphy,
personation,
personification,
impersonation, drama,
picture,
photo,
photograph,
daguerreotype, snapshot, x-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing,
scan, tv image, video image, image file,
graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit tv, copy, drawing, sketch, draught,
draft, plot,
chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness,
icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image,
effigy,
facsimile, figure, figure head,
puppet,
doll,
figurine,
aglet,
manikin, lay-figure, model,
mammet,
marionette,
fantoccini,
waxwork,
bust, statue,
statuette,
ideograph,
hieroglyphic,
anaglyph, kanji, diagram,
monogram, map, plan,
chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626,
ichnography,
cartography,
atlas, outline, scheme, view,
radiograph,
scotograph,
sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram
V. represent,
delineate,
depict,
depicture,
portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off,
photograph,
daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out,
adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy,
mold, dress up, illustrate,
symbolize,
paint,
carve,
engrave,
personate,
personify,
impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play,
mimic, hold the mirror up to nature
Adj. represent, representing, representative, *illustrative, represented,
imitative,
figurative, iconic, like,
graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento
N. painting,
depicting, drawing, design,
perspective,
sciagraphy, skiagraphy, chiaroscuro composition, treatment, historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting, landscape painting, marine painting, still life, flower painting, scene painting,
scenography, school, style, the grand style, high art,
genre,
portraiture, ornamental art,
monochrome,
polychrome,
grisaille,
pallet,
palette,
easel,
brush, pencil,
stump,
black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk,
pastel,
paint, watercolor, body color, oil color, oils, oil paint,
varnish, priming,
gouache,
tempera, distemper,
fresco,
water glass, enamel,
encaustic painting, mosaic,
tapestry,
photography,
heliography, color photography, sun painting,
graphics, computer graphics,
picture, painting, piece,
tableau,
canvas, oil painting &c,
fresco,
cartoon, easel picture, cabinet picture, draught,
draft, pencil &c. drawing, water color drawing,
etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink, sketch, outline, study,
photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph,
holograph,
heliograph,
daguerreotype,
talbotype,
calotype,
heliotype, negative, positive, print, glossy print, matte print,
enlargement, reduction, life-size print, instant photo, polaroid photo, technicolor, kodachrome, ektachrome, polaroid, portrait, whole length, full length, half length,
kitcat, head,
miniature, shade,
silhouette,
profile, landscape,
seapiece, view, scene, prospect,
panorama,
diorama, still life, picture gallery, exhibit,
studio,
atelier,
pinacotheca V. paint, design, limn draw, sketch, pencil,
scratch, shade,
stipple,
hatch, dash off, chalk out, square up, color, dead color, wash,
varnish, draw in pencil, paint in oils,
stencil,
depict Adv. in pencil
Phr. fecit, delineavit, mutum est pictura poema
N. description, account, statement, report, expose specification, particulars, state of facts, summary of facts, brief, return, catalogue raisonne,
guidebook,
delineation, sketch,
monograph, minute account, detailed particular account, circumstantial account, graphic account,
narration,
recital,
rehearsal, relation,
historiography,
chronography, historic muse,
clio, history, biography,
autobiography,
necrology,
obituary, narrative, history, memoir, memorials, annals,
saga, tradition, legend, story, tale,
historiette, personal narrative, journal, life, adventures, fortunes, experiences, confessions,
anecdote,
ana,
trait, work of fiction, novel, romance, minerva press, fairy tale, nursery tale,
fable, parable,
apologue, dime novel, penny dreadful, shilling shocker relator,
raconteur, historian,
biographer,
fabulist,
novelist V. describe, set forth, draw a picture,
picture,
portray,
characterize,
particularize,
narrate, relate,
recite, recount, sum up, run over,
recapitulate,
rehearse, fight one's battles over again, unfold a tale, tell, give an account of, render an account of, report, make a report, draw up a statement, detail, enter into particulars, enter into details, descend to particulars, descend to details,
itemize Adj. descriptive,
graphic, narrative, epic, suggestive, well-drawn, historic, traditional,
traditionary,
legendary,
anecdotic,
storied, described
Phr. furor scribendi