graphic

/ˈɡɹæfɪk/
adjectivenoun

Drawn, pictorial.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Adjective 3 meanings

  1. Drawn, pictorial.

    “The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign.”

  2. Relating to or reminiscent of graphic arts.

  3. Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.

    “graphic granite”

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A drawing or picture.

  2. A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.

    “I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.”

  3. A moth of the subfamily Melipotini.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.

GRAPHIC at a glance

GRAPHIC has 7 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + P 3 + H 4 + I 1 + C 3) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,769 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with graphic

All rhymes
  • GEOGRAPHIC19
  • DEMOGRAPHIC22
  • PSYCHIC19
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC25
  • CHIC11
  • GOTHIC12
  • CATASTROPHIC21
  • ETHIC10
  • INFOGRAPHIC22
  • HOLOGRAPHIC22
  • MYTHIC16
  • TOPOGRAPHIC21

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