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visual

3 syllables
adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, visual means related to or affecting the vision. As a noun, it means any element of something that depends on sight.

Meanings of visual

7 meanings

adjective

  1. Related to or affecting the vision.

  2. Relating to or using sight

    “ocular inspection”

    “an optical illusion”

    “visual powers”

    Similar: ocular, optic, optical
Older and rare meanings (1)

  1. obsoleteThat can be seen; visible.

noun

  1. Any element of something that depends on sight.

  2. An image; a picture; a graphic.

  3. All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.

  4. advertisingA preliminary sketch.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: relating to or using sight
ocularopticoptical
adjective: visible
ocular

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