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painting

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Synonyms and Antonyms of painting

a picture created with oil paint

the Mona Lisa is a haunting painting of a woman with a most mysterious smile

Synonyms of painting

canvas (also canvass), oil, oil painting

Words Related to painting

fresco, mural, panorama

diptych, triptych

acrylic, aquarelle, gouache, watercolor

distemper, drawing, etching, finger painting, pastel, sketch, tempera

pièce de résistance, showpiece

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