Synonyms of painted

painted 1 of 2

adjective

as in represented

Related Words

• represented
• drawn
• photographic
• video
• illustrative
• graphic
• pictorial
• illustrational
• iconographic
• pictographic
• hieroglyphic
• ideographic
• visual
• imaginal
• ideogrammatic
• ideogramic

painted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of paint

1

as in described

to give a representation or account of in words

the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• described
• depicted
• portrayed
• rendered
• sketched
• set out
• pictured
• illustrated
• characterized
• delineated
• limned
• drew
• represented
• defined
• imaged
• recounted
• displayed
• labeled
• summarized
• exhibited
• told
• reported
• related
• showed
• narrated
• demonstrated
• suggested
• outlined
• traced
• qualified
• recited
• hinted
• rehearsed
• silhouetted
• drafted
• vignetted
• touched off
• summed up
• redescribed
• reimaged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colored
• distorted
• twisted
• misrepresented
• falsified
• warped
• perverted
• garbled
• misstated
• misdescribed

2

as in tinted

to give color or a different color to

I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tinted
• stained
• colored
• dyed
• brightened
• pigmented
• tinged
• tinctured
• striped
• darkened
• bepainted
• lightened
• flecked
• streaked
• mottled
• marbled
• speckled
• daubed
• patterned
• checkered
• variegated
• toned (down)
• striated
• polychromed
• dappled
• specked
• embrowned

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bleached
• blanched
• decolorized
• whitened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of painted

Adjective

Other rooms featured colorful, painted plaster. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026

Eshay described the crosswalks as more than painted pavement, calling them a point of pride for the community. — Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026

Have no subfascia, just pre-painted fascia board. — Jennifer Castenson, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Verb

Joseph has raised just $103,000, with $19,000 picked up in the first weeks of August as media reports have painted the former Republican Jolly as the Democratic establishment candidate against a progressive Joseph. — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Thieves have dealt a Sicilian museum a harrowing loss, stealing three of the five surviving devotional panels painted by Renaissance master Antonello da Messina. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Be sure to plan at least one evening on-property to catch the sunset, when the mountains are painted in shades of pink and purple before giving way to a sky filled with twinkling stars. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

Barry Iverson / Getty Images file While that one is clearly painted, the more modern images appear to have been generated with the help of artificial intelligence, including one depicting the White House on fire. — Max Butterworth, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026

Ancient marble statues were often painted, and researchers plan to examine the Sardis statue for any surviving traces of pigment. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

The stage’s backdrop painted by landscape and decorative painter Romolo Liverani is its most important artistic treasure. — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Sarah Rajan painted the leather of these midcentury chairs green with a special leather paint. — Laura Fenton, Midwest Living, 14 Aug. 2026

While excoriating the loss of his visa, López Beltrán also painted a dystopian picture of present-day life north of the border. — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026