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photographs

NOUN

a still picture taken with a camera

Synonyms

STRONGEST

image likeness photo picture portrait print snapshot

STRONG

Photostat Polaroid blowup microfilm mug negative pic pix positive shot slide snap transparency

WEAK

Kodachrome Kodak close-up pinup

VERB

take a picture with a camera

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capture illustrate print reproduce shoot

STRONG

Photostat cinematize copy film get lens microfilm mug photo picture record roll snap snapshot take turn x-ray

WEAK

capture on film close-up get a likeness get a shot make a picture photoengrave

Antonyms

STRONG

fail lose misunderstand

Example Sentences

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At the no-name paper, I got to write, edit, take photographs and even learn page design.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

If voluntarily storing information with Google destroys Fourth Amendment protection, he suggested, why would the same logic not apply to email, documents, cloud photographs, or calendars?

From Slate • May 20, 2026

When Russia invaded in 2022, Sevidov stopped taking photographs for two years -- not wanting to pursue his "hobby" while many of his friends were going off to war.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Researchers identified the whales by comparing tens of thousands of photographs of humpback whale tails, known as flukes.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

They take another series of photographs in the retiring room—me sitting at the piano, on the settee—and by the time those are finished I’ve nearly sweated through my pretend uniform.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse