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graphic

graphic

151 3.7
Relating to pictures or charts that show information
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡræfɪk/
translation icon : gráfico
  • She created a stunning graphic design for the new marketing campaign that caught everyone's attention.
  • graphic organizer
  • graphic design
  • graphic designer

We've done modal improvisation, we've done graphic notation, all cages, notations.

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Examples

  • One potentially helpful support involves the use of graphic organizers to help students organize their prose.

    Academic text (2015)
  • You like graphic novels?

  • I am a graphic artist.

  • Well, I'm going into the graphic arts.

  • I do graphic design for this start-up.

  • Well, our division handles all of Transworld's graphic design needs.

  • Model how to enter information into the graphic organizer, giving opportunities for student participation.

    Academic text (2013)
  • No longer seen as the lesser of reading, graphic novels are annotated and organized by theme.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The practical skills of facilitation and graphic recording underpin each of these stages.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The graphic representation of the data made it easier to understand the trends over time.

Synonyms

graphical
vsgraphic
11 4.0

Images or drawings used to show information

is broader, covering any visual representation including symbols and images
representational
vsgraphic
8 6.7

Showing people or things so they look like real life

is wider, including nonrealistic or symbolic visual forms as well
pictorial
vsgraphic
4 4.9

That is shown with pictures like photos and drawings

also includes pictures but applies to other visual media like symbols
iconographic
vsgraphic
  • Specialized
1 8.4

Uses pictures or symbols to show information

is more general, covering visuals beyond symbolic image use
depictive
vsgraphic
7.4

Showing people or things so you can easily recognize them

also covers such portrayal but extends to symbols and abstract visuals
pictural
vsgraphic
8.2

Using pictures like drawings or photos to show something

has the same visual sense but differs as another form or spelling
iconographical
vsgraphic
8.9

The meaning of pictures and symbols in art or media

is broader, applying to any visual representation not only symbolic meaning
illustrational
vsgraphic
5.8

About the style or making of pictures used in books and ads

applies more widely to any visual representation beyond publishing uses

Compounds

A person who makes pictures and page or screen layouts using computers

The art of using pictures and words to show ideas clearly

A person who makes pictures and page designs for posters, books, or websites

1 3.7

Work made by drawing, painting, or printmaking, often on paper

computer graphic
  • Specialized
3.7

An image made by a computer using special software

graphic engine
  • Specialized
4.5

A program that creates and shows images on a computer screen

graphic gore
  • Offensive
8.4

Very violent and bloody scenes in films, video games, or other media

graphic symbol
  • Specialized
5.9

A written sign that stands for a sound, word, or idea

graphic symbol
  • Texting
3.9

A small picture on a screen that shows an idea, thing, feeling or action

graphic tellurium
  • Specialized
9.9

A silver-white mineral containing silver and gold that people use to get gold

How Vivid

vivid
102 3.3
graphic
151 3.7
imageable
6.1
suggestive
18 5.2
abstract
35 7.1

Surface Forms

graphic positive
graphic comparative
graphic superlative

Morphology

graphic = graph (transparent) = graph + ic

This is a standard 'graph' + '-ic' formation meaning 'relating to writing, drawing, or visual representation'.

Etymology

Graphic comes from an old Greek word graphein, 'to write' or 'to draw', and it shares the same root as graph and photograph. So 'graphic' here means anything to do with pictures, charts, or visual design that shows information clearly.