Synonyms of paints

paints 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of paint

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• describes
• portrays
• depicts
• renders
• sketches
• delineates
• characterizes
• images
• pictures
• sets out
• illustrates
• limns
• draws
• outlines
• recounts
• defines
• represents
• summarizes
• narrates
• relates
• displays
• tells
• suggests
• shows
• demonstrates
• exhibits
• labels
• reports
• recites
• traces
• qualifies
• hints
• rehearses
• sums up
• silhouettes
• vignettes
• drafts
• reimages
• touches off
• redescribes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• colors
• distorts
• misrepresents
• falsifies
• warps
• misstates
• perverts
• twists
• garbles
• misdescribes

2

as in colors

to give color or a different color to

I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple

Synonyms & Similar Words

• colors
• tints
• dyes
• stains
• pigments
• brightens
• tinges
• darkens
• tinctures
• stripes
• bepaints
• lightens
• tones (down)
• flecks
• patterns
• mottles
• daubs
• dapples
• marbles
• specks
• streaks
• striates
• speckles
• embrowns
• variegates
• polychromes
• checkers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bleaches
• whitens
• decolorizes
• blanches

paints

2 of 2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• makeups
• cosmetics
• war paints
• lipsticks
• mascaras
• maquillages
• oils
• camouflages
• powders
• greasepaints
• creams
• lotions
• camos
• eye shadows
• cold creams
• rouges
• vanishing creams
• kohls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of paints

Verb

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

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

Pro Football Reference paints a more positive picture (15 of 21 for 136). — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

At its strongest, Crossing the Red Line paints an important portrait of the ghouls who prosecuted the genocide in Gaza, offering an historically crucial record of their conduct and their failures. — Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026

Shapira paints a picture of a kinder, gentler war, where technology takes soldiers away from the trenches and from the tanks, to a chair behind a screen. — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 21 Oct. 2026

The orchestra paints a colorful musical portrait for the choreography. — Libby Smith, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Noun

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

To mark its 80th anniversary, British manufacturer of paints and wallpaper Farrow & Ball recently introduced a new collection of wallpaper called The Heritage Papers. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 Sep. 2026