tint

verb

tinted; tinting; tints

transitive verb

: to impart or apply a tint to : color

tinter noun

Synonyms of tint

• paint
• color
• stain
• dye
• pigment

Examples of tint in a Sentence

They tinted the water with blue dye.

if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green

Recent Examples on the Web

The wet process involves washing jeans with water, chemicals and treatments that lighten or tint the denim. —ABC News, 28 May 2026

Creamy and well-pigmented, this is designed to tint the lips with barely-there color, applied without precision, and flushed out with the smudger tool on the opposite end of the crayon. —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 22 May 2026

There’s even more of Hilary Duff’s cover-ready makeup to discover below, including a moisturizing lip tint and sculpting contour wand. —Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026

Jordan—who seemed more fish than girl, her bobbed blonde hair tinted green as old pennies—walked with a confidence that Ana wished for her own daughter. —Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tint

• clint
• dint
• glint
• hint
• lint
• mint
• print
• quint
• quinte
• splint
• sprint
• squint

Kids Definition

tint

1 of 2 noun

ˈtint 

1

a

: a slight or pale coloring

b

: any of various shades of a color

2

: a variation of a color made by adding white to it

tint

2 of 2 verb

: to give or apply a tint or color to

tinted glasses