1. Seen in the mind as a mental image
   "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination";
   - envisioned, visualized, visualised [Brit]
    
2. Represented graphically by sketch, design or lines
   "The battle scene was vividly pictured in the mural";
   - depicted, portrayed

1. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "I can't picture him on horseback!";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image
    
2. Show in, or as in, a picture
   "This scene pictures country life";
   - depict, render, show

See also: delineate [literary], delineated, unreal

Type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate [informal], imagine, interpret, represent

Encyclopedia: Picture