in the picture

ADJECTIVE

aware

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alive appreciative apprehensive attentive awake cognizant conscious familiar informed mindful receptive wise

WEAK

acquainted alert appraised apprised au courant cool enlightened go-go groovy grounded heedful hip in the know into know the score know what's what know-how knowing latched on on the beam on to perceptive plugged in savvy sensible sentient sharp tuned-in up on wise to wised up with it

Antonyms

STRONGEST

heedless ignorant inattentive neglectful unaware unconscious unfamiliar unfriendly uninformed unknowledgeable

WEAK

insensitive

ADJECTIVE

cognizant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apprehensive conscious informed judicious knowledgeable observant

WEAK

acquainted alive au courant awake conversant down with familiar grounded hep to hip to in on in the know knowing on the beam on to perceptive plugged in savvy sensible sentient tuned-in up on versed wise to with it witting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorant indifferent senseless thoughtless unaware uninformed unmindful

WEAK

unfamiliar unknowledgeable unwitting

ADJECTIVE

enlightened

Synonyms

STRONGEST

civilized knowledgeable literate open-minded reasonable sophisticated tolerant well-informed

STRONG

cultivated instructed learned liberal refined savvy sharp

WEAK

aware broad-minded forward-thinking hip to knowing what's what plugged in tuned-in wised up

Antonyms

STRONG

ignorant stupid

WEAK

confounded confused in the dark misled perplexed uneducated unenlightened uninformed

Example Sentences

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Details of the base—and the risks Israel took to establish and protect it—help fill in the picture of how the country managed to fight an air campaign against an enemy around 1,000 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Zambia "remains very interested", Pais said, but "the United States is no longer in the picture, at least for now."

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

But her father wasn’t in the picture, and her mother, Linda Gandy, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that Cynthia’s life began a “downward spiral” after the family moved to a different neighborhood.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

For some of today’s college athletes, school isn’t in the picture.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

She pointed to the nose in the picture.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

in the picture

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