Graphic and Image

Graphic

Graphic noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the use of graphics in the text of the dictionary helps to break up the visual monotony of the page

Image and graphic are semantically related in picture topic. In some cases you can use "Image" instead a noun "Graphic", when it comes to topics like illustration.

Nearby Words: graph, graphics, graphically, graphical

Image

Image noun - Something or someone that strongly resembles another.

Graphic and image are semantically related in picture topic. Sometimes you can use "Graphic" instead a noun "Image", if it concerns topics such as illustration.

Nearby Words: imaged, imaging, imagery

How words are described

good good graphic good image
similar similar graphic similar image
standard standard graphic standard image
original original graphic original image
Other adjectives: single, small, actual, large, little, cute, new, different, giant.

Both words in one sentence

  • Unfortunate Character Design A newsagent once refused to stock an issue of Doctor Who Magazine with an image of one on the cover on the grounds that it contained a "graphic sexual image".
  • Video Phone Star Wars have holo graphic technology that transmit a full body image of who's talking.
    Source: Video Phone
  • Franchise / Power Rangers The movie was good enough that it could be mistaken for an official production and especially because of the graphic content it could hurt the brand's image.
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Image and Graphic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/graphic/image
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Image or Graphic. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/graphic/image.
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