Synonyms for paint
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1. paintverb

   Synonyms:
   color, tinge, tint, portray, represent, delineate, depict, sketch, describe

   Antonyms:
   daub, caricature, misportray, misrepresent, misdelineate, misdepict

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1. paint, pigmentnoun

   a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating

   "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably"

   Synonyms:
   rouge, key, blusher, pigment

2. key, paintnoun

   (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

   "he hit a jump shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the paint"

   Synonyms:
   samara, tonality, key, rouge, cay, headstone, pigment, blusher, keystone, key fruit, winder

3. rouge, paint, blusherverb

   makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

   Synonyms:
   rouge, key, blusher, pigment, blushing mushroom

4. paintverb

   make a painting

   "he painted all day in the garden"; "He painted a painting of the garden"

5. paintverb

   apply paint to; coat with paint

   "We painted the rooms yellow"

6. paintverb

   make a painting of

   "He painted his mistress many times"

7. paintverb

   apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

Matched Categories

1. • Art
   • Basketball Court
   • Coat
   • Cover
   • Create
   • Represent
   • Space

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1. paintverb

   Synonyms:
   represent (by colors)

2. paintverb

   Synonyms:
   color (with a pigment), coat with paint

3. paintverb

   Synonyms:
   depict, delineate, describe, sketch, portray, pencil, set forth

4. paintnoun

   Synonyms:
   pigment, coloring matter

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1. paintnoun

   Synonyms:
   pigment, cosmetic, rouge

2. paintverb

   Synonyms:
   delineate, portray, lim, depict, picture, sketch

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1. List of paraphrases for "paint":

   painting, paints, paintings, pintar, painted, lacquer, repaint

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How to use paint in a sentence?

1. Vincent Van Gough:

   If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

2. Henry David Thoreau, "Where I Live":

   It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.

3. Vincent Van Gogh:

   At present I absolutely want to paint a starry sky. It often seems to me that night is still more richly coloured than the day; having hues of the most intense violets, blues and greens. If only you pay attention to it you will see that certain stars are lemon-yellow, others pink or a green, blue and forget-me-not brilliance. And without my expatiating on this theme it is obvious that putting little white dots on the blue-black is not enough to paint a starry sky.”

4. Julia Staron:

   This paint job sends a direct message back to perpetrators that their wild urinating on this wall is not welcome, the paint protects the buildings and the residents and most importantly it sends a signal this behavior is not on.

5. Sergiy Kyslytsva:

   It' sa fresh paint on the molding rotten structure of the assembly where the paint isn't actually paint, but the blood of Ukrainian children, women and defenders, let's spare the assembly from this shame. Let's prove that the assembly is still a solid structure, and we are the United Nations that have been wise enough to avert imminent disaster.