1. (adj)pictorial a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures
2. (adj)pictorial, pictural pertaining to or consisting of pictures "pictorial perspective"; "pictorial records"
3. (adj)graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid evoking lifelike images within the mind "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"