Synonyms of canvas

canvas

noun

ˈkan-vəs 

variants also canvass

as in painting

a picture created with oil paint

one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canvas

After the 10-round bout for the English lightweight title, Farrell slumped to the canvas and was rushed to hospital suffering a bleed on the brain. — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

The underdeveloped character proved to be the perfect canvas for the early Cartoon Network writers to impose their sensibilities onto. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Finally, save $300 on the groundbreaking Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, which unfolds into an expansive multitasking canvas. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026

The series wisely uses its larger canvas to sketch out a complicated land beyond Sybylla’s blossoming—one which suggests that the secondary characters, too, are on their own journeys, even if their destinations aren’t as far-flung as Sybylla’s. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026