Portrayal

//ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl//

Synonyms for "portrayal" (131 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Translations

12 translations across 4 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Finnish

4 entries
  • kuvaaminen noun (act of portraying)
  • kuvailu noun (act of portraying)
  • kuvaus noun (result of portraying)
  • muotokuva noun (result of portraying)

Georgian

1 entries
  • განსახიერება noun (act of portraying)

Irish

4 entries
  • dreachadh noun (act of portraying)
  • dreachadh noun (result of portraying)
  • léargas noun (result of portraying)
  • léiriú noun (act of portraying)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ചിത്രീകരണം noun (act of portraying)
  • ചിത്രീകരണം noun (result of portraying)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That film was an extremely inaccurate portrayal of key historical events.

Source: tatoeba (3349307)

Pornography is a sinful and immoral portrayal of human sexuality.

Source: tatoeba (11849083)

The analysis of gender in religion or spirituality is an esoteric theme. I for one am attracted to Buddhism, because of its masculine viewpoint about reality. Buddhists accept prevailing discontent as a condition of this illusory world, the Māyā hiding true reality, but paradoxically, they promote equanimous joy. They do not believe in sulking, like a happy boy. The portrayal of the woman is very interesting in the rendition of Dàodéjīng by Ursula K. Le Guin: Chapter 6 says, "The valley spirit never dies. Call it the mystery, the woman. The mystery, the Door of the Woman, is the root of earth and heaven. Forever this endures, forever. And all its uses are easy." Chapter 28 says, "Knowing man, and staying woman, be the riverbed of the world." Chapter 61 says, "By stillness the woman may always dominate the man, lying quiet underneath him." Such is Daoism. I know some who might think that turning to religion might be a "girlie" gesture, but it is not necessarily so. Some sci-fi buff friends of mine think that all I need is sci-fi as an exercise in understanding reality through irreality, something I have been doing since reading Dr. Seuss imaginary books in Grade 1. I analyse that it may have been originally Dr. Seuss books that encouraged me to pursue the sci-fi imaginarium throughout my life. Some sci-fact buffs, however, incline away from sci-fi, which they may think is childish, frivolous "hypotheticals." I believe also in sci-fact, invigorated by sci-fi excursions.

Source: tatoeba (12578951)

1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

More for "portrayal"

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.