Standard Lemma guide

graphic

adj · noun · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡɹæfɪk/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æfɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: G R AE1 F IH0 K 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

Antonyms: none provided

4

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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

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

7

noun

Meaning 7

A moth of the subfamily Melipotini.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

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

Meaning relationships

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

13

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).

Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غْرَافِيك (ḡrafik) — drawn, pictorial
  • Arabic: جرافيك (grafek) — drawn, pictorial
  • Bulgarian: графичен (grafičen) — drawn, pictorial
  • Bulgarian: изобразителен (izobrazitelen) — drawn, pictorial
  • Catalan: gràfic — drawn, pictorial
  • Chinese Mandarin: 圖形的 /图形的 (túxíng de) — drawn, pictorial
  • Czech: výtvarný — drawn, pictorial
  • Danish: grafisk — drawn, pictorial
  • Dutch: grafisch — drawn, pictorial
  • Esperanto: grafika — drawn, pictorial
  • Faroese: grafiskur — drawn, pictorial
  • Finnish: graafinen — drawn, pictorial
  • Finnish: kuvallinen — drawn, pictorial
  • French: graphique — drawn, pictorial
  • Galician: gráfico — drawn, pictorial
  • German: graphisch — drawn, pictorial
  • German: grafisch — drawn, pictorial
  • Icelandic: grafískur — drawn, pictorial
  • Ido: grafika — drawn, pictorial
  • Italian: grafico — drawn, pictorial
  • Japanese: 描写的 (byousha teki) — drawn, pictorial
  • Japanese: 鮮明な (senmei na) — drawn, pictorial
  • Japanese: 写実的 (shajitsu teki) — drawn, pictorial
  • Kazakh: графикалық (grafikalyq) — drawn, pictorial
  • Korean: 그림을 보는 듯한 (geurimeul boneun deuthan) — drawn, pictorial
  • Norwegian: grafisk — drawn, pictorial
  • Polish: graficzny — drawn, pictorial
  • Portuguese: gráfico — drawn, pictorial
  • Romanian: grafic — drawn, pictorial
  • Russian: графи́ческий (grafíčeskij) — drawn, pictorial
  • Russian: изобрази́тельный (izobrazítelʹnyj) — drawn, pictorial
  • Spanish: gráfico — drawn, pictorial
  • Swedish: grafisk — drawn, pictorial
  • Ukrainian: графі́чний (hrafíčnyj) — drawn, pictorial
  • Vietnamese: đồ hoạ — drawn, pictorial
  • Bulgarian: нагледен (nagleden) — vivid, descriptive
  • Catalan: gràfic — vivid, descriptive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生動的 /生动的 (shēngdòng de) — vivid, descriptive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 寫實的 /写实的 (xiěshí de) — vivid, descriptive
  • Chinese Mandarin: 逼真的 (bīzhēn de) — vivid, descriptive
  • Czech: barvitý — vivid, descriptive
  • Finnish: kursailematon — vivid, descriptive
  • French: cru — vivid, descriptive
  • French: explicite — vivid, descriptive
  • French: imagé — vivid, descriptive
  • Galician: gráfico — vivid, descriptive
  • German: drastisch — vivid, descriptive
  • Hungarian: szemléletes — vivid, descriptive
  • Italian: crudo — vivid, descriptive
  • Japanese: 生々しい (namanamashii) — vivid, descriptive
  • Japanese: 露骨な (rokotsu na) — vivid, descriptive
  • Japanese: 詳細な (shōsai na) — vivid, descriptive
  • Kazakh: көрнекі (körnekı) — vivid, descriptive
  • Norwegian Bokmål: billedlig — vivid, descriptive
  • Polish: obrazowy — vivid, descriptive
  • Portuguese: gráfico — vivid, descriptive
  • Portuguese: explícito — vivid, descriptive
  • Romanian: crud — vivid, descriptive
  • Romanian: explicit — vivid, descriptive
  • Russian: нагля́дный (nagljádnyj) — vivid, descriptive
  • Russian: графи́ческий (grafíčeskij) — vivid, descriptive
  • Spanish: gráfico — vivid, descriptive
  • Vietnamese: sinh động — vivid, descriptive
  • Vietnamese: tả thực — vivid, descriptive
  • Catalan: gràfic — a drawing or picture
  • Esperanto: grafiko — a drawing or picture
  • Finnish: kuva — a drawing or picture
  • French: graphique — a drawing or picture
  • German: Abbildung — a drawing or picture
  • German: Bild — a drawing or picture
  • German: Bilddatei — a drawing or picture
  • German: Grafik — a drawing or picture
  • Ido: grafiko — a drawing or picture
  • Irish: grafaic — a drawing or picture
  • Portuguese: ilustração — a drawing or picture
  • Russian: рису́нок (risúnok) — a drawing or picture
  • Russian: чертёж (čertjóž) — a drawing or picture
  • Russian: карти́нка (kartínka) — a drawing or picture
  • Catalan: gràfics — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Danish: grafik — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Finnish: grafiikka — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • German: Bilddarstellung — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • German: Grafik — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Irish: grafaic — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Italian: grafica — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Polish: grafika — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Portuguese: gráficos — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Romanian: grafică — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Russian: гра́фика (gráfika) — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Spanish: gráficos — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
  • Ukrainian: гра́фіка (hráfika) — (in the plural) computer-generated images as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
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