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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

On June 18, 1965, a photo on the front page of the New York Times forever changed the trajectory of my life.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

This is a photo that came to mean more once Sir Nick Faldo had completed a grinding round of 18 pars to win his first major at the 1987 Open Championship.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Along with the photo, she included a screenshot of text messages that she appears to have sent to the couple’s designer, in which she wrote: “Very obsessed. Blue and red together is so hot.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The big turning point — all that talk I had hoped for when I first saw the photo — had come, all right.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott