Dictionary entry details
• VISUAL ASPECT (noun)
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"):
agerasia (youthful appearance in an old person)
hairiness; pilosity (the quality of having hair)
hairlessness (the quality of not having hair)
beauty (the qualities that give pleasure to the senses)
ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)
deformity; disfiguration; disfigurement (an appearance that has been spoiled or is misshapen)
homeliness; plainness (an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful)
blemish; defect; mar (a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body))
discoloration; discolouration; stain (a soiled or discolored appearance)
plainness (the appearance of being plain and unpretentious)
elaborateness; ornateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)
decorativeness (an appearance that serves to decorate and make something more attractive)
etiolation (a pale and sickly appearance)
countenance; visage (the appearance conveyed by a person's face)
face (the general outward appearance of something)
color; colour; gloss; semblance (an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading)
look (physical appearance)
view (outward appearance)
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)
complexion; skin condition (texture and appearance of the skin of the face)
effect; impression (an outward appearance)
linear perspective; perspective (the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer)
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))
vanishing point (the appearance of a point on the horizon at which parallel lines converge)
superficies (the purely external aspect of a thing; superficial appearance)
format (the general appearance of a publication)
cast; form; shape (the visual appearance of something or someone)
image; persona ((Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world)
sleekness (the quality of being well-groomed and neatly tailored)
"The third time someone tries to put a saddle on you, you should admit you're a horse." (English proverb)
"Flesh of man - mends itself" (Breton proverb)
"If you had an opinion you better be determined." (Arabic proverb)
"Necessity teaches the naked woman to spin (a yarn)." (Danish proverb)
