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visual

adjective · noun

Simple meaning

Related to or affecting the vision.

Pronunciation

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vizhuhwuhl

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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈvɪʒəwəl

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

adjective

  1. Related to or affecting the vision.

noun

  1. in the plural

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

  2. Any element of something that depends on sight.

  3. An image; a picture; a graphic.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary
Frequency
Very Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: Any element of something that depends on sight.

Used this way, visual is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

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More ways to use visual

  • “The presentation used many visual aids to explain the data.”noun

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Common Patterns and Combinations

How this word naturally appears with others.

visual informationvisual inspectionvisual experiencevisual representationvisual imagery

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Word Family

Related forms, grouped by how they connect.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • visuallyadverbDerived adverb

    With respect to vision.

Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • visual cortexnounCompound term

    The cortical area that receives information from the lateral geniculate body of the thalamus.

  • visual defectnounCompound term

    Impairment of the sense of sight.

  • visual disordernounCompound term

    Impairment of the sense of sight.

  • visual display unitnounCompound term

    British term for video display.

  • visual fieldnounCompound term

    All of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment.

  • visual hallucinationnounCompound term

    Illusory visual perception.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • visualizationnounRelated term

    A mental image that is similar to a visual perception.

  • visualisationnounRelated term

    A mental image that is similar to a visual perception.

More about this wordSynonyms, forms, origin

Synonyms

Sense: related to or affecting the vision

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