Plate
Plate noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the book's color plate illustrates the internal organs of the human body
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Synonyms for Plate
Visual and plate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Visual" instead a noun "Plate".
Visual
Visual noun - Something that visually explains or decorates a text.
Usage example: the strong visuals in the beginning biology book compensate somewhat for the weak text
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Both words in one sentence
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Writers and production designers will often include a vanity license plate as visual shorthand for the personality of the car's owner.
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Half the gags in the segment are visual gags about him swiping or otherwise getting food, and at Katrinas party he gathers up a huge plate of food from the buffet.
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Visual Pun: In "The Matrix Runs in Windows XP", which is a spoof of both The Matrix and Windows XP (and thus contains many computer-related jokes), the Oracle welcomes Neo into her kitchen while she's holding a plate of freshly-baked cookies, and tells him that she hopes he has "cookies enabled".
Source: Website / College Humor
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Visual and Plate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plate/visual
Plate & Visual. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plate/visual>.
Visual or Plate. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plate/visual.
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