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visualizer

visualizer

7.0
A person who thinks mainly in pictures rather than words
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪzər/
translation icon : visualizador
  • My teacher was a wonderful visualizer when it came to putting moves and music together.

Examples

  • As a natural visualizer, she could picture the entire scene in her mind before writing it down.

  • But I was having really dark thoughts and as a visualizer, as a director, as a person who can very clearly see things before they exist.

  • We don't teach kids to visualize so they can be the best visualizers in the room.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Many artists are excellent visualizers, imagining their paintings in vivid detail before starting.

  • In group projects, a skilled visualizer often helps others by illustrating ideas and concepts clearly.

Antonyms

audile
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who mainly remembers or imagines sounds

How Visual

visualizer
7.0
thinker
142 3.8

Surface Forms

visualizer singular
visualizers plural

Morphology

visualizer = visualize (transparent) = visual + ize + er

Agentive -er suffix on the verb 'visualize' produces a person who visualizes; straightforward and productive.

Etymology

Visualizer comes from the word visual ('relating to sight') and the ending -izer ('one who makes or uses'), the same root you see in vision. So a visualizer is someone who makes pictures in their mind or thinks in images.