Abstract. Let M be an R-module, where R is a commutative ring with identity 1 and let G(V, E) be a graph. In this paper, we study the graphs associated with modules over commutative rings. We associate three simple graphs ann f (Γ(M R )), anns(Γ(M R )) and annt(Γ(M R )) to M called full annihilating, semi-annihilating and star-annihilating graph. When M is finite over R, we investigate metric dimensions in ann f (Γ(M R )), anns(Γ(M R )) and annt(Γ(M R )). We show that M over R is finite if and only if the metric dimension of the graph ann f (Γ(M R )) is finite. We further show that the graphs ann f (Γ(M R )), anns(Γ(M R )) and annt(Γ(M R )) are empty if and only if M is a prime-multiplicationlike R-module. We investigate the case when M is a free R-module, where R is an integral domain and show that the graphs ann f (Γ(M R )), anns(Γ(M R )) and annt(Γ(M R )) are empty if and only if M ∼ = R. Finally, we characterize all the non-simple weakly virtually divisible modules M for which Ann(M ) is a prime ideal and Soc(M ) = 0.