graphic
/ˈɡɹæfɪk/adjective, noun
graphic is spelled G-R-A-P-H-I-C: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, graphic means “Drawn, pictorial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in graphic?
| Letters | 7: G-R-A-P-H-I-C |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 17 times per million words; the 4,838th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is graphic?
Graphic appears 17 times per million words in written English, the 4,838th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce graphic?
- /ˈɡɹæfɪk/
Graphic has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-graphic.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl--graphic.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of graphic
- more graphic comparative
- most graphic superlative
- graphick
- graphics plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does graphic mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Drawn, pictorial.
The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign.
- 2
Explicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
We are not publishing these images because of the graphic nature of the content.
- 3
Relating to or reminiscent of graphic arts.
- 4
Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
graphic granite
noun
- 1
A drawing or picture.
- 2
A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.
- 3
A moth of the subfamily Melipotini.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate graphic?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of graphic: gr..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Graphic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | graphique , cru, explicite, imagé , -graphique |
| German | graphisch, grafisch , drastisch , Abbildung, Bild, Bilddatei |
| Portuguese | gráfico , explícito , -gráfico , ilustração , gráficos |
| Spanish | gráfico , -gráfico , gráficos |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does graphic come from?
From Latin graphicus (“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός (graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή (graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω (gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).