portrayal
Noun
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A word picture of a person's appearance and character (synset 107217051)
hypernym: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, picture, word picture, word-painting - a graphic or vivid verbal descriptionsynonym: portrait, portraiture
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Acting the part of a character on stage;
Dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture (synset 100549839)hyponym:- impression - an impressionistic portrayal of a person
- character, part, persona, role, theatrical role - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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A representation by picture or portraiture (synset 105774981)
hypernym: representational process - any basic cognitive process in which some entity comes to stand for or represent something elsehyponym: mirror - a faithful depiction or reflection
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Any likeness of a person, in any medium (synset 103993437)
"the photographer made excellent portraits"hyponym:
- half-length - a portrait showing the body from only the waist up
- self-portrait - a portrait of yourself created by yourself
synonym: portrait -
Representation by drawing or painting etc (synset 100902424)
hypernym: pictorial representation, picturing - visual representation as by photography or paintinghyponym: portraiture - the activity of making portraitssynonym: delineation, depiction
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