Definition for Picturesque:

• pik-t[= u]- resk', adj. like a picture: such as would make a good or striking picture: expressing the pleasing beauty of a picture.-- adv. PICTURESQUE'LY.-- n. PICTURESQUE'NESS. [ It. pittoresco-- pittura, a picture-- L. pictura.]

Synonyms for Picturesque:

• adj.

  •artistic (adjective)
  • graceful,
  • fine.
  •attractive, referring to scenery (adjective)
  • beautiful,
  • pretty,
  • charming,
  • arresting.
  •beautiful (adjective)
  • glamorous,
  • belle,
  • becoming,
  • breathtaking,
  • finished,
  • dazzling,
  • sublime,
  • pleasing,
  • comely,
  • shapely,
  • fair,
  • resplendent,
  • gorgeous,
  • attractive,
  • stunning,
  • refined,
  • enchanting,
  • ornamental,
  • bonny,
  • flowerlike,
  • exquisite,
  • radiant,
  • good-looking,
  • splendid,
  • elegant,
  • superb,
  • polished,
  • sightly,
  • handsome,
  • eye-filling,
  • lovely.
  •colorful (adjective)
  • florid.
  •ornamental (adjective)
  • gaudy,
  • Garnishing,
  • decorative,
  • Enriching,
  • gingerbread,
  • fancy,
  • Dandifying,
  • crowning,
  • Adorning.

• n.

  •
  • striking,
  • scenic.
  •
  • pleasant,
  • unusual,
  • prettily,
  • panoramic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • unspoiled,
  • foreign.
  •
  • photographic,
  • lifelike.
  •
  • realistic.
  •Other relevant words:
  • heavenly,
  • flowery,
  • clear,
  • rich,
  • halcyon,
  • out-dated,
  • paradisaic,
  • Painty,
  • appealing,
  • pretty-pretty,
  • quaintly,
  • awe-inspiring,
  • labored,
  • emotional,
  • conversationally,
  • extraordinary,
  • idealized,
  • dissimilarity,
  • vividly,
  • detailed,
  • picturesquely,
  • explicit,
  • arabesque,
  • Overworked,
  • saccharine,
  • distinction,
  • curious,
  • gory,
  • distinct,
  • overwrought,
  • differentiation,
  • ideal,
  • different,
  • exotic,
  • demarcation,
  • bucolic,
  • fetching,
  • sugary,
  • intriguing,
  • maudlin,
  • paradisiac,
  • bizarre,
  • particular,
  • crystal clear,
  • lively,
  • well-composed,
  • arcadian,
  • contradistinction,
  • offbeat,
  • interesting,
  • lucid,
  • moresque,
  • rank,
  • nostalgic,
  • soppy,
  • exceptional,
  • pastoral,
  • Overelegant,
  • weird,
  • precise,
  • beau,
  • attractively,
  • prestige,
  • pulchritudinous,
  • peaceful,
  • pleasantly,
  • Overlabored,
  • romantically,
  • laboured,
  • rare,
  • Picturable,
  • strikingly,
  • Scumbled,
  • pictorially,
  • delightfully,
  • busy,
  • antique,
  • ordinary,
  • lover,
  • luxurious,
  • chichi,
  • fop,
  • consequence,
  • polychrome,
  • well-defined,
  • unexpected,
  • outlandish,
  • delightful,
  • idiomatically,
  • reputation,
  • manifest,
  • colloquially,
  • freehand,
  • expressive,
  • intense,
  • uncommon,
  • strange,
  • luxuriant,
  • contrast,
  • High-wrought,
  • Artistical,
  • unspoilt,
  • idyllically,
  • spectacular,
  • ornate,
  • awesome,
  • graphical,
  • splendor,
  • swain,
  • Edenic,
  • grand,
  • sloppy,
  • unmistakable,
  • pictural,
  • pacific,
  • rococo,
  • fussy,
  • overelaborate,
  • singular,
  • unique,
  • sweet,
  • unambiguous,
  • sentimental,
  • delineated,
  • scenically,
  • beauteous,
  • dude,
  • charmingly,
  • aesthetic,
  • Scenical,
  • mawkish,
  • ostentatious,
  • celebrity,
  • eccentric,
  • beautifully,
  • unfamiliar,
  • accurate,
  • baroque,
  • mushy,
  • picture-postcard,
  • colourful,
  • Scenographic,
  • graphically,
  • figurative,
  • well-drawn,
  • antiquated,
  • painted,
  • unmistakeable,
  • original,
  • tender,
  • odd,
  • telling,
  • peculiar,
  • flamboyant,
  • discrimination,
  • impressive,
  • admirer,
  • old fashioned,
  • eminence,
  • difference,
  • eloquent,
  • unconventional,
  • elaborate,
  • magnificent,
  • frilly,
  • appealingly,
  • informally,
  • dignity,
  • monochrome,
  • archaic.

Paraphrases for Picturesque:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    scenic.
  • Proper noun, singular
    scenic.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    beautiful, wonderful, splendid, gorgeous.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    nuisance.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    quaint, colourful, magnificent, charming.

Antonyms for Picturesque:

• adj.

  • attractive, referring to scenery
    offensive, repulsive, ugly, hideous, plain, unsightly, dreary.
  • Other antonyms:
    ghastly, muddy, indistinct, shocking, frightful, unlovely, dim, indefinite, foggy, clumsy, hazy, obscure, uncouth, grim, fuzzy, awkward, ambiguous, colorless, faint, grotesque, unclear, indistinguishable, unpleasant, colourless, blurry, mysterious, horrid, ungainly, dark, unattractive, deformed, inscrutable, odious, bleary, grisly, vague, indeterminate, cryptic, nebulous, sketchy, equivocal, shadowy, disgusting, enigmatic, murky.