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GRAF-ik/ˈɡræfɪk/

Graphic means very clear and detailed, often unpleasantly: graphic violence; graphic images. As a noun, a graphic is an image or design (computer graphics). Explicit is a close adjective twin. Graph is already in the dictionary (a chart). Do not call a bar chart a graphic novel. News warnings: graphic content.

Meaning

Very clear and detailed, often in an unpleasant way; as a noun, an image or design.

Examples

• “The report included graphic photographs from the crash site.”
• “She studied graphic design, which is the visual-noun field.”

Good to know

graphic images / violence / content. Noun: a graphic; graphics. Close: explicit. Chart: graph (different word). Warning: graphic content.

Near in meaning

explicit

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