visual

Academic Word List, sublist 8.

About 38.64 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Related to or affecting the vision.
2. adjective That can be seen; visible.
3. noun Any element of something that depends on sight.
4. noun An image; a picture; a graphic.
5. noun All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
6. noun A preliminary sketch.
7. noun Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.

   The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.

8. noun A hallucination perceived as seen by the eyes, such as from psilocybin.

Similar words

optical seeable visible optic ocular eyesight vision sight visualization visioning

Often followed by

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Word family

visualisation visualise visualised visualising visualization visualize visualized visualizing visually visuals