Synonyms for painting
ˈpeɪn tɪŋpaint·ing

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1. painting, picturenoun

   graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

   "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

   Synonyms:
   delineation, video, motion-picture show, scene, mental picture, pictorial matter, movie, moving-picture show, ikon, icon, pic, exposure, house painting, image, photograph, depiction, word-painting, characterization, characterisation, word picture, film, motion picture, photo, picture show, flick, moving picture, picture, impression

2. paintingnoun

   creating a picture with paints

   "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

   Synonyms:
   house painting, picture

3. paintingnoun

   the act of applying paint to a surface

   "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"

   Synonyms:
   house painting, picture

4. painting, house paintingnoun

   the occupation of a house painter

   "house painting was the only craft he knew"

   Synonyms:
   house painting, picture

Matched Categories

1. • Application
   • Artistic Creation
   • Fine Arts
   • Graphic Art

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1. paintingnoun

   Synonyms:
   picture (in colors)

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1. paintingnoun

   Associated words:
   easel, palette, grisaille, artist, art, atelier, studio

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1. List of paraphrases for "painting":

   paint, paintings, canvas, table, paints, painter, drawing, painted, beenpainting, picture, portrait

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How to use painting in a sentence?

1. Edmond de Concourt:

   A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.

2. Arthur Rimbaud:

   For a long time I found the celebrities of modern painting and poetry ridiculous. I loved absurd pictures, fanlights, stage scenery, mountebanks backcloths, inn-signs, cheap colored prints; unfashionable literature, church Latin, pornographic books badly spelt, grandmothers novels, fairy stories, little books for children, old operas, empty refrains, simple rhythms.

3. Valentin Concha-Nunez:

   At first, children a bit scared of the costumes and skull painting because they don't know what it means, but when I tell them to touch their craniums they realize that skulls are a part of them and then they embrace that aspect of it.

4. Cristina Kahlo:

   These projects that are related to Frida from a cultural point of view, spreading her painting, works and story… are projects I like and feel comfortable participating in.

5. Michael Pfleger:

   We're painting a reality that's difficult and hard.