PAINTS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

paints 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of paint

as in describes

to give a representation or account of in words the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean

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as in colors

to give color or a different color to I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple

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paints

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noun

plural of paint

as in makeups

preparations intended to beautify the face after the play was over, the actress emerged to greet her fans with paint still on her face

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But Democratic candidates here didn’t lose by much, and that distinction paints a more complicated picture of Florida’s electorate. — Isvett Verde, Time, 10 Nov. 2026 Among them is Celmins, the masterful pop-landscapist who paints in infinite textures, taking on the universal with an obsessive tenacity. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026 The six-episode thriller paints an eerie image of small-town life in Newfoundland, and viewers are intrigued by the mystique of the striking Canadian backdrop. — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026 Filmmaker and activist Omer Shamir paints a moving documentary portrait of this family, in their exile home, across one year. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026 Filmmaker and activist Omer Shamir paints a moving documentary portrait of the family in their exile home across a year. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 29 Oct. 2026 Money matters Microsoft’s latest quarterly report, released this week, paints a less encouraging picture of its Windows OEM business. — ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 That isn’t unusual for someone who draws and paints every day — but this latest dirt is real, dug from the ground in Yorkshire and Warwickshire, England, and used as the medium for her drawings of trees and landscapes. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026 The report paints a picture of the federal system for protecting farm animals in transit as woefully inadequate and largely toothless, dating back to the era when livestock traveled primarily by rail. — Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026

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Sanderson Design Group is a luxury interior furnishings company that designs, manufactures and markets wallpapers, fabrics and paints. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 High mortgage rates have chilled the housing industry, which in turn pressures demand for the paints and coatings Sherwin-Williams sells. — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 This deal includes a T-PEN stylus with 4,096 pressure levels, making creating digital art and writing feel as natural as possible without lugging around all your paints, pens, and canvases. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 23 Oct. 2026 The company said the industrial chemical glycidyl methacrylate is used to make certain plastics, paints and coatings perform better. — ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026 According to the statement, glycidyl methacrylate is an industrial chemical used to make certain plastics, paints and coatings perform better. — Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 And, frankly, Chubb's account paints Jackson as overreacting, if the Buffalo Bills linebacker is to be believed. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Dutch Boy paints were named for a corrosive method of making white-lead paint. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 Whitelead in paints was valued for its opacity and ability to form a smooth finish wherever it was applied. — Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026

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Berry, who died last month and never did buy a computer (or a smartphone), describes in the essay his writing process, which involved drafting a piece by hand and then having his wife transcribe it on a typewriter.

— August Lamm, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Their calculations used a feature of the model called a universal scaling function, which describes how physical quantities with dimensions, such as length, change over cosmic time.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026

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An artist colors three frames by hand, and the system learns that show’s line shapes and color palette on the spot in about 90 seconds, then colors each remaining frame in around 15 seconds.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
The latter app colors the map, with pink the most light pollution and black the least.

— Chris McMullen, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of colors

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Dubbed the Ovolo, the oddball construction was utilized for both low-tops (with several material makeups) and boots and is now set for a revision amid the rekindling sneaker heel trend.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
Two seasons of so many highs and lows, will-theys and won’t-theys, makeups and breakups had gotten a bit repetitive.

— Judy Berman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of makeups

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Turmeric tints the cream an almost glowing gold, and a heap of sharp white cheddar melts straight into the mix, giving it both body and tang.

— The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Anyone who tints or colors their hair knows all about this.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025

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The film, set between the years 1945 and 1947, depicts a society struggling to recover from war, only to be reduced, once again, by the arrival of a kaiju (as giant monsters are known in Japanese, and to fans of the corresponding film genre).

— Matt Alt, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2026
Another image depicts a nude girl in a room that appears to be part of a motel chain in the Philippines, federal investigators said.

— Max Foster, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of depicts

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As fans of the book may recall, Sloane dyes her hair to match her employer—no wonder Lohan and Woodley look like blonde twins!

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 13 June 2026
This information is conveyed by a hilariously avant-garde Poulter, playing the store’s manager, who dyes his hair to match each monochromatic scheme and hides his nefariousness behind a company policy that requires techno music to be played at maximum volume at all times.

— Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of dyes

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Even a modest homelab server should have no trouble running the Terminus package, which acts as an API point that takes in information, renders the designs, and sends them to your e-paper display.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
For early adopters, a useful experiment is comparing how the same photo renders across ChatGPT and Google Shopping to see which engine best fits a personal style discovery process.

— Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2026

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