Synonyms of etching

etching 1 of 2

noun

as in drawing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drawing
• watercolor
• pastel
• acrylic
• distemper
• gouache
• finger painting
• tempera
• sketch
• masterpiece
• aquarelle
• painting
• diptych
• oil
• mural
• canvass
• triptych
• panorama
• showpiece
• fresco
• canvas
• pièce de résistance
• oil painting

etching

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verb

present participle of etch

1

as in engraving

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface

the artist etched his landscape on a copper plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engraving
• inscribing
• carving
• sculpting
• graving
• tracing
• incising
• insculping
• chiselling
• sculpturing
• chiseling
• affixing
• grooving
• notching
• indenting
• chasing
• scoring
• impressing

2

as in imprinting

to produce a vivid impression of

in just a few pages the writer etched an unforgettable portrait of one of the more remarkable First Ladies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engraving
• imprinting
• branding
• impressing
• engraining
• infixing
• ingraining
• stamping
• implanting
• infusing
• imbuing
• instilling
• inculcating
• fixing
• setting
• enrooting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• erasing
• obliterating
• expunging
• blotting out

Examples of etching in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Embroidered botanicals reminiscent of vintage French etchings adorned an ivory dress with a skirt crafted from yards and yards of tulle. —Blue Carreon, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024

Featuring more than 50 paintings, 15 large-scale drawings and five etchings, precursors to Expressionism and Feminism alike. —Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2024

For something a bit more subtle, Greenwald recommends riding the edge of the lip with a thin etching of liner. —Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2024

Sometimes the inspiration is primarily formal, as when the dancers translate an etching of four colliding bulls into a four-way dance-off. —The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024