Standard Lemma guide

photoshop

name · noun · verb · 5 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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  • UK: /ˈfəʊ.təʊ.ʃɒp/
  • US: /ˈfoʊ.toʊ.ʃɑp/
  • CMU ARPABET: F OW1 T OW2 SH AA2 P Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Inc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: trademark

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, software

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A digitally altered image.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I reckon the image is a photoshop.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“a digitally altered image”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To digitally edit or alter (a picture or photograph).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive, usually

Qualifier: trademark

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, media, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • She charged that the prosecutor had photoshopped the image to incriminate her.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

Alternative letter-case form of photoshop (“to digitally edit or alter a picture or photograph”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet, alt-of, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Renamed by its cocreator Thomas Knoll, from photo + shop.

Genericized trademark of Adobe Photoshop, a widely-used graphics editor. This may in turn have been derived from its usage to refer to the camera room in the offset lithography process, where laid up pages could be extensively retouched before being transferred to the printing plates.

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: fotoshop — digitally altered picture
  • Polish: fotoszop — digitally altered picture
  • Japanese: Photoshop (Photoshop) — program
  • Polish: Photoshop — program
  • Chinese Cantonese: 執相 /执相 — to digitally edit a picture
  • Chinese Mandarin: PS (pi'aisi) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Chinese Mandarin: P (pī) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Chinese Mandarin: P圖 /P图 (pī tú) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 修圖 /修图 (xiūtú) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美圖 /美图 (měitú) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Danish: fotomanipulere — to digitally edit a picture
  • Danish: photoshoppe — to digitally edit a picture
  • Dutch: fotoshoppen — to digitally edit a picture
  • Finnish: photoshopata — to digitally edit a picture
  • French: photoshoper — to digitally edit a picture
  • German: photoshoppen — to digitally edit a picture
  • Hungarian: photoshoppol — to digitally edit a picture
  • Japanese: フォトショする (fotosho suru) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Marathi: फोटोशॉप करणे (phoṭośŏp karṇe) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Polish: fotoszopować — to digitally edit a picture
  • Polish: sfotoszopować — to digitally edit a picture
  • Portuguese: photoshopar — to digitally edit a picture
  • Russian: фотошопить (fotošopitʹ) — to digitally edit a picture
  • Spanish: photoshopear — to digitally edit a picture
  • Spanish: fotoshopear — to digitally edit a picture
  • Swedish: photoshoppa — to digitally edit a picture
  • Thai: โฟโตชอป (foo-dtôo-chɔ̀p) — to digitally edit a picture