Antonyms for canvas
ˈkæn vəscan·vas

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1. • Cover
   • Fabric
   • Oil Painting
   • Piece Of Cloth
   • Setting
   • Tent

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1. canvas, canvassnoun

   a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

   Synonyms:
   canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

2. canvas, canvassnoun

   an oil painting on canvas fabric

   Synonyms:
   canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

3. canvas, canvassnoun

   the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

   "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"

   Synonyms:
   canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

4. canvas tent, canvas, canvassnoun

   a tent made of canvas fabric

   Synonyms:
   canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

5. sail, canvas, canvass, sheetnoun

   a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

   Synonyms:
   rag, canvas tent, bed sheet, public opinion poll, weather sheet, plane, sheet, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, poll, tabloid, mainsheet, opinion poll, piece of paper, cruise

6. canvas, canvassverb

   the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

   "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"

   Synonyms:
   canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

7. canvass, canvasverb

   solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

   Synonyms:
   analyse, canvass, poll, analyze, study, examine

8. poll, canvass, canvasverb

   get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

   Synonyms:
   analyze, poll, study, canvass, examine, analyse, pollard

9. canvasverb

   cover with canvas

   "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"

   Synonyms:
   analyse, study, poll, canvass, analyze, examine

10. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvasverb

    consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

    "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

    Synonyms:
    examine, contemplate, try out, psychoanalyse, consider, essay, meditate, psychoanalyze, break down, hit the books, test, learn, dissect, canvass, analyse, read, take apart, study, poll, take, try, analyze, probe, prove, see

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1. canvasnoun

   Synonyms:
   tarpaulin, coutil

How to use canvas in a sentence?

1. Kelly Slater:

   Everyone has, really, the same wave, the same canvas to paint on, if you will, and perform on, so it comes down to who utilizes their different skills and their different techniques in a better way.

2. Danny Kaye:

   Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.

3. Vanna Bonta:

   Life is a canvas of many strokes where shades from different palettes meet into a picture so concrete that some forget it is their own, so become framed themselves.

4. Alexander MacLaren:

   Every life has dark tracts and long stretches of somber tint, and no representation is true to fact which dips its pencil only in light, and flings no shadows on the canvas.

5. Kristine Di Grigoli:

   The world is my canvas and my camera is the perfect tool to capture everything around me. I always make it a habit to carry my camera with me so I will never suffer the regret of wishing I had.

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