graphic arts

US: /ˈgræfɪk ˈɑrts/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

graph•ic arts /ˈgræfɪk ˈɑrts/  n. [plural]

1. Fine Art Also called graphics. the techniques by which copies of a design are printed from a plate, block, or the like:
   Engraving, etching, and lithography are graphic arts.
2. Fine Art the techniques of drawing, painting, printmaking, and typography.

See -graph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

graph′ic arts′, 

1. Also called graphics. the arts or techniques, as engraving, etching, drypoint, woodcut, lithography, and other methods, by which copies of an original design are printed from a plate, block, or the like.
2. the arts of drawing, painting, and printmaking.
• 1660–70

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

graphic arts noun:plural

1. any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds