illustration

The word “illustration” has 4 syllables: il-lus-tra-tion

It's pronounced as /ˌɪləˈstreɪʃən/


What is synonym and antonym for illustration?

In the thesaurus, “illustration” has 116 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for illustration along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for illustration

  • adornment
  • analogy
  • analysis
  • annotation
  • archetype
  • art
  • artwork
  • caption
  • caricature
  • cartoon
  • case
  • case history
  • case in point
  • caution
  • caveat
  • clarification
  • classic
  • collage
  • comment
  • commentary
  • construction
  • cross section
  • daub
  • deciphering
  • decoding
  • decoration
  • definition
  • delineation
  • demonstration
  • depiction
  • design
  • diagram
  • disentanglement
  • doodle
  • drawing
  • edification
  • elucidation
  • enactment
  • engraving
  • enlightenment
  • epexegesis
  • etching
  • evidence
  • example
  • exegesis
  • exemplar
  • exemplification
  • explanation
  • explication
  • exposition
  • figure
  • finger painting
  • for instance
  • frontispiece
  • gloss
  • graphic
  • halftone
  • hieroglyph
  • hieroglyphic
  • icon
  • ideogram
  • ideograph
  • ikon
  • illumination
  • image
  • indication
  • inset
  • instance
  • interpretation
  • justification
  • key
  • legend
  • likeness
  • line drawing
  • locus classicus
  • manifestation
  • meaning
  • microcosm
  • model
  • montage
  • painting
  • paradigm
  • paraphrase
  • photo
  • photograph
  • pictogram
  • pictograph
  • pictorialization
  • picture
  • plate
  • portrait
  • portrayal
  • prototype
  • rationale
  • rationalization
  • reasoning
  • representation
  • representative
  • resemblance
  • restatement
  • road map
  • sample
  • sampling
  • sign
  • silhouette
  • sketch
  • snapshot
  • specimen
  • tailpiece
  • translation
  • unscrambling
  • view
  • vignette
  • visual
  • warning
  • watercolor

Meanings of illustration

  • noun
    1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
    2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible, or to remove obscurity.
    3. A picture designed to decorate a volume or elucidate a literary work.
    4. A calculated prevision of insurance premiums and returns (life insurance).

Example Sentences

  • The artist's intricate illustration of the galaxy left observers in awe of its detail and beauty.
  • The textbook provided a helpful illustration of the scientific process through a series of diagrams.
  • The cartoonist's political illustration cleverly depicted current events with humor and insight.
  • The magazine article included an illustration depicting the historical event described in the text.
  • The architect presented a detailed illustration of the proposed building design to the client for approval.

On this page you'll find 116 synonyms or another words to illustration, such as: adornment, analogy, analysis, annotation, archetype, art, artwork.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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  • abstractions
  • abstracts
  • actualizations
  • alter egos
  • analogs
  • analogues
  • angel
  • appearance
  • apprehension
  • apprehensions
  • archetypes
  • assumptions
  • avatars
  • beliefs
  • brain waves
  • brainchildren
  • brainstorms
  • caprices
  • carbon
  • carbon copies
  • carbon copy
  • carbons
  • caricatures
  • cartoons
  • carved figure
  • characterizes
  • chimeras
  • chip off old block
  • clones
  • cogitations
  • cognitions
  • collages
  • companions
  • conceit
  • conceits
  • conceives
  • conception
  • conceptions
  • concepts
  • conclusions
  • concocts
  • concretizations
  • conjectures
  • construct
  • contemplates
  • convictions
  • copies
  • copy
  • counterparts
  • daubs
  • daydreams
  • dead ringer
  • defines
  • delineates
  • delineations
  • delusions
  • demonstrates
  • depictions
  • depicts
  • describes
  • diagrams
  • displays
  • documents
  • doodles
  • doppelgangers
  • double
  • doubles
  • drafts
  • drawing
  • drawings
  • draws
  • dreams
  • duplicates
  • duplications
  • effigies
  • effigy
  • embodiers
  • embodiments
  • envisages
  • envisions
  • epitomes
  • equal
  • equals
  • equivalent
  • equivalents
  • essences
  • etchings
  • exemplars
  • exemplifications
  • exhibits
  • externalizations
  • fabricates
  • facsimile
  • facsimiles
  • fancies
  • fantasies
  • fantasizes
  • fantasms
  • features
  • fellows
  • fetches
  • figure
  • finger paintings
  • foresees
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  • freaks
  • genii
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  • guesses
  • hallucinates
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  • hieroglyphics
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  • hints
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  • hypotheses
  • icon
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  • idea
  • ideas
  • ideates
  • ideograms
  • ideographs
  • idol
  • ikons
  • illusions
  • illustrates
  • illustration
  • illustrations
  • imagines
  • imitates
  • impression
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  • incarnations
  • incorporations
  • inspirations
  • instantiations
  • intellection
  • intellections
  • invents
  • kinks
  • labels
  • likeness
  • likenesses
  • limns
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  • makes up
  • manifestations
  • manufactures
  • match
  • matches
  • mates
  • meditates
  • mental picture
  • mirror images
  • mirrors
  • model
  • models
  • montages
  • muses
  • narrates
  • notion
  • notions
  • objectifications
  • observations
  • outlines
  • paints
  • paradigms
  • parallels
  • patterns
  • perception
  • perceptions
  • personalizations
  • personifications
  • personifiers
  • phantasm
  • phantasms
  • photocopy
  • photograph
  • photographs
  • pictographs
  • picture
  • pictures
  • plans
  • ponders
  • portrait
  • portraits
  • portrayals
  • portrays
  • preconceptions
  • prefigures
  • prejudices
  • premonitions
  • prepossessions
  • presentiments
  • projects
  • qualifies
  • quintessences
  • re-creates
  • realizations
  • recites
  • recounts
  • redescribes
  • reduplicates
  • reflection
  • reflections
  • reflects
  • rehearses
  • reimages
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  • relates
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  • reminisces
  • renders
  • repeats
  • replica
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  • reports
  • representations
  • represents
  • reproduces
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  • resemblances
  • ringers
  • ruminates
  • sees
  • sets out
  • shows
  • silhouettes
  • similitude
  • simulacre
  • simulacrum
  • sketches
  • souls
  • speculations
  • spits
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  • spitting images
  • stargazes
  • statue
  • substantiations
  • suggests
  • summarizes
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  • suppositions
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  • tells
  • theories
  • thought
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  • touches off
  • traces
  • trope
  • twins
  • vagaries
  • views
  • vignettes
  • vision
  • visions
  • visualizes
  • watercolors
  • whims

samplers

  • archetypes
  • cases
  • classics
  • cross sections
  • examples
  • exemplars
  • exemplifications
  • illustrations
  • instances
  • loci classici
  • microcosms
  • paradigms
  • prototypes
  • representatives
  • samples
  • samplings
  • selections
  • slices
  • specimens

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