Synonyms of paintings

paintings

noun

plural of painting

as in canvases

a picture created with oil paint

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canvases
• murals
• frescoes
• watercolors
• oils
• drawings
• panoramas
• masterpieces
• oil paintings
• etchings
• sketches
• acrylics
• gouaches
• diptychs
• pastels
• aquarelles
• triptychs
• finger paintings
• temperas
• distempers
• showpieces
• pièces de résistance

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paintings

The combination of text and image recurs throughout Lynch’s paintings as well, where captions often make distressing narratives explicit. — Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Original gold clocks, marquetry cabinets, and full-size copies of the two Velásquez paintings that previously belonged to the palacio (but are now in the Prado) harken back to the building’s past. — Eddi Fiegel, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2026

Between the huge practical sets and stunts, the matte paintings and in-camera trickery, the on-location filming, and a leading man at the height of his movie star powers, Spielberg and his team performed the filmmaking equivalent of wizardry. — Frank Deruggiero, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026

His paintings and oleographs, produced by his own printing press, came to define Hindu religious iconography in India. — Noor Anand Chawla, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2026

All the while, her studio, run by an intimate team of assistants, maintained a prolific output of paintings and sculptures, including a large pumpkin sculpture that appeared at the Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo in 2024. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Her distinctive pumpkin sculptures and polka-dot paintings, meanwhile, generated millions of dollars in auction revenue. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

After discovering a book of paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe in a secondhand bookstore, Kusama wrote to the famous artist, asking for advice. — Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

The beach is the stuff of postcards and paintings, hugged by cliffs with improbably radiant aquamarine water and a giant conical rock formation right in the middle of the bay. — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2026