as in makeups
preparations intended to beautify the face
when I was young, I loved to watch Mom put on her war paint before a fancy evening out
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for war paints
Noun
-
An 11-member Multi-Ethnic Committee sends two reports a year on its schools’ ethnic and racial makeups to a federal judge.—
Milla Surjadi,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Jan. 2026 -
Other styles in the City Series include Chicago, New York, Orlando and Seattle makeups.—
Riley Jones,
Footwear News,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
-
The island hosts a gold mine and another site above the Arctic circle that produces anorthosite, a mineral used to make fiberglass and paints.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2026
-
While those tests found no contamination, the consultants did not test for a more comprehensive panel of VOCs, including many hazardous contaminants commonly found in the smoke of urban fires that consume homes, cars, paints, detergents and plastics.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“War paints.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/war%20paints. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
