adj · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɡɹæfɪk/
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rhymes with -æfɪk
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Drawn, pictorial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
We are not publishing these images because of the graphic nature of the content.
In the bodycam footage he is heard using graphic language to berate her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Relating to or reminiscent of graphic arts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 4
Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
graphic granite
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A drawing or picture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 6
A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural
Examples
I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
A moth of the subfamily Melipotini.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective
Meaning 8
relating to or presented by a graph
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a graphic presentation of the data
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: graphical
Antonyms: none provided
9
adjective
Meaning 9
of or relating to the graphic arts- British Book News
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
graphic sexual scenes
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
evoking lifelike images within the mind
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
pictorial poetry and prose
graphic accounts of battle
a lifelike portrait
a vivid description
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lifelike, pictorial, vivid
Antonyms: none provided
12
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
written or drawn or engraved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
graphic symbols
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: graphical, in writing(p)
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 13
an image that is generated by a computer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: computer graphic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: picture, image, icon, ikon
History
Etymology
From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).
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Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.