word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation

a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"

• epithet — descriptive word or phrase
• portrayal, portraiture, portrait — a word picture of a person's appearance and character

• description, verbal description — a statement that represents something in words