Photograph
Photograph verb - To take a photograph of.
Usage example: we've been photographing the baby virtually nonstop
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Synonyms for Photograph
Shoot is a synonym for photograph in take a picture topic. In some cases you can use "Shoot" instead a verb "Photograph", when it comes to topics like take a picture with a camera, take a picture of, take someone's photo. popular alternative
Shoot
Shoot verb - To take a photograph of.
Usage example: shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted
Photograph is a synonym for shoot in film topic. You can use "Photograph" instead the word "Shoot" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as take a picture. popular alternative
How words are described
| old | old photograph | old shoot |
| good | good photograph | good shoot |
| full | full photograph | full shoot |
| normal | normal photograph | normal shoot |
| Other adjectives: fake, single, small, actual, constant, large, huge, infamous, famous, early, final, last, annual, promotional. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Getting Crap Past the Radar: The photo shoot with the farmer features a very brief visual reference to a famous nude photograph linked to a noted British political sex scandal of the 1960s.
- Beyond Good & Evil has a particularly irritating example - the final animal that you need to photograph is a Space Whale hidden in an asteroid you need to shoot while on your way from Hillys to the moon.
Source: Lost Forever / Action-Adventure - Shoot the Bullet refers both to the game's Shoot 'em Up origins (in which characters fire bullets at enemies) and its main gameplay gimmick (in which you photograph bullets for higher scores and to clear them from the screen).
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Shoot and Photograph. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/photograph/shoot
Photograph & Shoot. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/photograph/shoot>.
Shoot or Photograph. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/photograph/shoot.
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