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paint

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of paint

preparations intended to beautify the face

  • after the play was over, the actress emerged to greet her fans with paint still on her face
Synonyms of paint

cosmetics, makeup, maquillage, war paint
Words Related to paint

greasepaint

camo, camouflage

cold cream, cream, eye shadow, kohl, lipstick, lotion, mascara, oil, powder, rouge, vanishing cream

paint

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of paint

1 to give a representation or account of in words

  • the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean
Synonyms of paint

delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, limn, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch
Words Related to paint

characterize, define, label, qualify, represent

demonstrate, illustrate

narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell

display, exhibit, show

hint, suggest

draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette

summarize, sum up, touch off

redescribe, reimage
Near Antonyms of paint

color, distort, falsify, garble, misdescribe, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

2 to give color or a different color to

  • Iʼve decided to paint the bathroom walls purple
Synonyms of paint

bepaint [archaic], color, dye, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint
Words Related to paint

brighten, lighten

darken, embrown, tone (down)

checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate
Near Antonyms of paint

blanch, bleach, whiten
Antonyms of paint

decolorize

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