pigment

²pig·ment

verb \-ˌment, -mənt\

Definition of PIGMENT

transitive verb

: to color with or as if with pigment

First Known Use of PIGMENT

1900

Related to PIGMENT

Synonyms: bepaint [archaic], dye, paint, color, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

Antonyms: decolorize

Related Words: brighten, lighten; darken, embrown, tone (down); checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate

Near Antonyms: blanch, bleach, whiten

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Rhymes with PIGMENT

absent, accent, Advent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, besprent, cement, comment, consent, content, convent, descent, detent, dissent, docent, event, extent, ferment, foment, fragment, frequent, hell-bent, indent, intent, invent, lament, loment, low-rent, mordent, outspent, percent, portent, present, prevent, pup tent, quitrent, rack-rent, relent, repent, resent, segment, Shymkent, Tashkent, torment, well-meant, wisent