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Definitions

photo

[foh-toh] / ˈfoʊ toʊ /
NOUN
illustration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cartoon decoration depiction engraving etching image painting photograph picture sketch snapshot vignette
STRONG
adornment design figure frontispiece halftone plate tailpiece
WEAK
line drawing
NOUN
photograph
Synonyms
STRONGEST
image likeness picture portrait print snapshot
STRONG
Photostat Polaroid blowup microfilm mug negative pic pix positive shot slide snap transparency
WEAK
Kodachrome Kodak close-up pinup
NOUN
picture
Synonyms
STRONGEST
account art cartoon copy depiction description drawing figure icon image impression painting photograph piece portrait portrayal print report sketch statue
STRONG
blueprint canvas delineation doodle double draft duplicate effigy engraving outline panorama presentment re-creation replica representation ringer similitude simulacrum spectacle tableau twin
WEAK
lookalike spitting image
Antonyms
STRONG
original
NOUN
snapshot
Synonyms
STRONG
print
VERB
photograph
Synonyms
STRONGEST
capture illustrate print reproduce shoot
STRONG
Photostat cinematize copy film get lens microfilm mug picture record roll snap snapshot take turn
WEAK
capture on film get a likeness get a shot make a picture photoengrave
Antonyms
STRONG
fail lose misunderstand

Example Sentences

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This gorgeous photo of Earth that astronauts on the Artemis II mission got as they went around the moon will put most folks’ souvenir snapshots to shame.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

If somebody sent me a photo of one of my old buildings, I couldn’t look.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

That photo turned the dial of my life’s direction 180 degrees and sent me off into the world to find out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

It's difficult to pick a favourite photo out of the hundreds of thousands I've taken.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

It made a satisfying thunk and the photo with the young Dr. Achebe enlarged.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste