VISUAL ASPECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visual aspect mean? 

• VISUAL ASPECT (noun)
  The noun VISUAL ASPECT has 1 sense:

1. outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

  Familiarity information: VISUAL ASPECT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISUAL ASPECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Outward or visible aspect of a person or thing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

appearance; visual aspect

Hypernyms ("visual aspect" is a kind of...):

quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visual aspect"):

face (the general outward appearance of something)

sleekness (the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored)

etiolation (a pale and sickly appearance)

decorativeness (an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive)

elaborateness; ornateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)

plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)

discoloration; discolouration; stain (a soiled or discolored appearance)

blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))

homeliness; plainness (an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful)

deformity; disfiguration; disfigurement (an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen)

ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)

beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)

hairlessness (the quality of not having hair)

hairiness; pilosity (the quality of having hair)

countenance; visage (the appearance conveyed by a person's face)

agerasia (youthful appearance in an old person)

color; colour; gloss; semblance (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)

image; persona ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world)

cast; form; shape (the visual appearance of something or someone)

format (the general appearance of a publication)

superficies (the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance)

vanishing point (the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge)

phase ((astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun))

linear perspective; perspective (the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer)

effect; impression (an outward appearance)

complexion (texture and appearance of the skin of the face)

color; colour (the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation)

view (outward appearance)

look (physical appearance)