graphical

UK: /ˈgræfɪk^əl/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

graph•ic /ˈgræfɪk/   adj. Also, ˈgraph•i•cal. 

1. giving a clear and effective picture;
   vivid:
   a graphic account of the riots.
2. relating to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like.
3. of, relating to, or expressed by writing:
   graphic symbols.
4. [before a noun] relating to graphic arts.

n. [countable]

5. Fine Art a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing.
6. Computing a computer-generated image or picture.

graph•i•cal•ly, adv.: 

graphically showing the destruction and disease in the war-torn region.

See -graph-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

graph•ic  (graf′ik), adj. Also, graph′i•cal. 

1. giving a clear and effective picture;
   vivid:
   a graphic account of an earthquake.
2. pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like;
   diagrammatic.
3. of, pertaining to, or expressed by writing:
   graphic symbols.
4. written, inscribed, or drawn.
5. depicted in a realistic or vivid manner:
   graphic sex and violence.
6. containing graphic descriptions:
   a graphic movie.
7. Geology (of a rock) having a texture formed by the intergrowth of certain minerals so as to resemble written characters.
8. Mathematics pertaining to the determination of values, solution of problems, etc., by direct measurement on diagrams instead of by ordinary calculations.
9. of or pertaining to the graphic arts.

n. 

10. Fine Art a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
11. Computing a computer-generated image.

• Greek graphikós able to draw or paint, equivalent. to gráph(ein) to draw, write + -ikos -ic; cognate with carve
• Latin graphicus of painting or drawing
• 1630–40

graph′i•cal•ly, adv. 
graph′i•cal•ness, graph′ic•ness, n. 
Synonyms

• 1. striking, telling; detailed. See picturesque. 

-graphic, 

1. a combination of -graph and -ic, forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -graph:
   telegraphic.

graphic, +adj. 

1. depicted in a realistic or vivid manner:
   graphic sex and violence.
2. containing graphic descriptions:
   a graphic movie.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

-graph combining_form:in_noun:countable

1. an instrument that writes or records: telegraph
2. a writing, record, or drawing: autograph, lithograph

Etymology: via Latin from Greek -graphos, from graphein to write

-graphic, -graphical combining_form:in_adjective

-graphically combining_form:in_adverb

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graphic / ˈɡræfɪk/, graphical adjective

1. vividly or clearly described: a graphic account of the disaster
2. of or relating to writing or other inscribed representations: graphic symbols
3. using, relating to, or determined by a graph: a graphic representation of the figures
4. of or relating to the graphic arts
5. having or denoting a texture formed by intergrowth of the crystals to resemble writing: graphic granite

Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin graphicus, from Greek graphikos, from graphein to write; see carve

ˈgraphically, ˈgraphicly adverb

ˈgraphicalness, ˈgraphicness noun