1.  image(n = noun.cognition) mental image - an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
is a kind of internal representation, mental representation, representation
has particulars: imagination image, thought-image, memory image, visual image, visualisation, visualization, impression, mental picture, picture, auditory image
Derived form verb image₂

2.  image(n = noun.attribute) persona - (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world; "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
is a kind of appearance, visual aspect

3.  image(n = noun.artifact) icon, ikon, picture - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
is a kind of representation
has particulars: bitmap, electronic image, chiaroscuro, collage, montage, foil, transparency, computer graphic, graphic, iconography, inset, likeness, semblance, cyclorama, diorama, panorama, reflection, reflexion, cat scan, scan, echogram, sonogram
Derived form verb image₂

4.  image(n = noun.cognition) epitome, paradigm, prototype - a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"
is a kind of example, model
has particulars: concentrate, imago

5.  image(n = noun.communication) figure, figure of speech, trope - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense;
is a kind of rhetorical device
has particulars: conceit, irony, exaggeration, hyperbole, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche, zeugma

6.  image(n = noun.person) double, look-alike - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
has particulars: clone, dead ringer, ringer

7.  image(n = noun.group) range, range of a function - (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers"
is a kind of set

8.  image(n = noun.attribute) - the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public; "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"; "the company tried to project an altruistic image"
is a kind of effect, impression

9.  image(n = noun.artifact) effigy, simulacrum - a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
is a kind of representation
has particulars: guy, god, graven image, idol, bird-scarer, scarecrow, scarer, straw man, strawman, wax figure, waxwork
Derived form verb image₂

1.  image(v = verb.perception) - render visible, as by means of MRI;
is one way to visualise, visualize
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  image(v = verb.creation) envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
is one way to conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine
Derived forms noun image₉, noun image₃, noun image₁, noun imagery₁, noun imaging₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

1.  An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance. [1913 Webster]
"Even like a stony image, cold and numb." [1913 Webster]
"Whose is this image and superscription?" [1913 Webster]
"This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna." [1913 Webster]
"And God created man in his own image." [1913 Webster]

2.  Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
"Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them." [1913 Webster]

3.  Show; appearance; cast. [1913 Webster]
"The face of things a frightful image bears." [1913 Webster]

4.  A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea. [1913 Webster]
"Can we conceive
Image of aught delightful, soft, or great?" [1913 Webster]

5.  A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor. Brande & C. [1913 Webster]

6.  The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror. [1913 Webster]

1.  To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure. J. Warton. [1913 Webster]

2.  To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine. [1913 Webster]
"Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more." [1913 Webster]

image, n. & v.
--n.
1 a representation of the external form of an object, e.g. a statue (esp. of a saint etc. as an object of veneration).
2 the character or reputation of a person or thing as generally perceived.
3 an optical appearance or counterpart produced by light or other radiation from an object reflected in a mirror, refracted through a lens, etc.
4 semblance, likeness (God created man in His own image).
5 a person or thing that closely resembles another (is the image of his father).
6 a typical example.
7 a simile or metaphor.
8 a a mental representation. b an idea or conception.
9 Math. a set formed by mapping from another set.
--v.tr.
1 make an image of; portray.
2 reflect, mirror.
3 describe or imagine vividly.
4 typify.

Derivative:
imageable adj. imageless adj.

Etymology:
ME f. OF f. L imago -ginis, rel. to IMITATE

N  similarity, resemblance, likeness, similitude, semblance, affinity, approximation, parallelism, agreement, analogy, analogicalness, correspondence, homoiousia, parity, connaturalness, connaturality, brotherhood, family likeness, alliteration, rhyme, pun, repetition, sameness, uniformity, isogamy, analogue, the like, match, pendant, fellow companion, pair, mate, twin, double, counterpart, brother, sister, one's second self, alter ego, chip of the old block, par nobile fratrum, Arcades ambo, birds of a feather, et hoc genus omne, gens de meme famille, parallel, simile, type, image, photograph, close resemblance, striking resemblance, speaking resemblance, faithful likeness, faithful resemblance, similar, resembling, like, alike, twin, analogous, analogical, parallel, of a piece, such as, so, homoiousian, connatural, congener, allied to, akin to, approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like, a show of, mock, pseudo, simulating, representing, exact, lifelike, faithful, true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of, for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau, as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare, instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like, as if, so to speak, as it were, as if it were, quasi, just as, veluti in speculum, et sic de similibus, tel maitre tel valet, tel pere tel fils, like master, like servant, like father, like son, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, a chip off the old block.

N  copy, facsimile, counterpart, effigies, effigy, form, likeness, image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype, imitation, model, representation, adumbration, study, portrait, resemblance, duplicate, reproduction, cast, tracing, reflex, reflexion, reflection, shadow, echo, transcript, transcription, recording, scan, chip off the old block, reprint, new printing, rechauffe, apograph, fair copy, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty, travestie, paraphrase, derivative, derivation, modification, expansion, extension, revision, second edition, servile copy, servile imitation, plagiarism, counterfeit, fake, pasticcio, faithful, lifelike, close, conscientious, unoriginal, imitative, derivative.

N  appearance, phenomenon, sight, spectacle, show, premonstration, scene, species, view, coup d'oeil, lookout, outlook, prospect, vista, perspective, bird's-eye view, scenery, landscape, picture, tableau, display, exposure, mise en sc ne, rising of the curtain, phantasm, phantom, pageant, spectacle, peep-show, raree-show, gallanty-show, ombres chinoises, magic lantern, phantasmagoria, dissolving views, biograph, cinematograph, moving pictures, panorama, diorama, cosmorama, georama, coup de theatre, jeu de theatre, pageantry, insignia, aspect, angle, phase, phasis, seeming, shape, guise, look, complexion, color, image, mien, air, cast, carriage, port, demeanor, presence, expression, first blush, face of the thing, point of view, light, lineament feature trait lines, outline, outside, contour, face, countenance, physiognomy, visage, phiz, cast of countenance, profile, tournure, cut of one s jib, metoposcopy, outside, apparent, seeming, ostensible, on view, apparently, to all seeming, to all appearance, ostensibly, seemingly, as it seems, on the face of it, prima facie, at the first blush, at first sight, in the eyes of, to the eye, editio princeps.

N  idea, notion, conception, thought, apprehension, impression, perception, image, eidolon, sentiment, reflection, observation, consideration, abstract idea, archetype, formative notion, guiding conception, organizing conception, image in the mind, regulative principle, view, theory, conceit, fancy, phantasy, point of view, field of view.

N  metaphor, figure of speech, facon de parler, way of speaking, colloquialism, phrase, figure, trope, metaphor, enallage, catachresis, metonymy, synecdoche, autonomasia, irony, figurativeness, image, imagery, metalepsis, type, anagoge, simile, personification, prosopopoeia, allegory, apologue, parable, fable, allusion, adumbration, application, exaggeration, hyperbole, association, association of ideas (analogy), metaphorical, figurative, catachrestical, typical, tralatitious, parabolic, allegorical, allusive, anagogical, ironical, colloquial, tropical, so to speak, so to say, so to express oneself, as it were, mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.

N  representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

VB  copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.

auditory image, electronic image, graven image, image breaker, image compression, image orthicon, image scanner, imagination image, memory image, mental image, mirror image, public image, spitting image, virtual image, visual image