Definition of 'image'
Noun
- an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
Synonyms: mental image - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
Synonyms: picture icon ikon - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
Synonyms: persona - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
Synonyms: prototype paradigm epitome - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Synonyms: trope figure of speech figure - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
Synonyms: double look-alike - the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"
- a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
Synonyms: effigy simulacrum
Verb
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
Synonyms: visualize visualise envision project fancy see figure picture
