Synonyms for painting
ˈpeɪn tɪŋpaint·ing

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1. painting, picturenoun

   graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

   "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

   Synonyms:
   delineation, video, motion-picture show, scene, mental picture, pictorial matter, movie, moving-picture show, ikon, icon, pic, exposure, house painting, image, photograph, depiction, word-painting, characterization, characterisation, word picture, film, motion picture, photo, picture show, flick, moving picture, picture, impression

2. paintingnoun

   creating a picture with paints

   "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

   Synonyms:
   house painting, picture

3. paintingnoun

   the act of applying paint to a surface

   "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"

   Synonyms:
   house painting, picture

4. painting, house paintingnoun

   the occupation of a house painter

   "house painting was the only craft he knew"

   Synonyms:
   house painting, picture

Matched Categories

1. • Application
   • Artistic Creation
   • Fine Arts
   • Graphic Art

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1. paintingnoun

   Synonyms:
   picture (in colors)

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1. paintingnoun

   Associated words:
   easel, palette, grisaille, artist, art, atelier, studio

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1. List of paraphrases for "painting":

   paint, paintings, canvas, table, paints, painter, drawing, painted, beenpainting, picture, portrait

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1. Harriet:

   Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

2. Jeff Melvoin:

   It's not your painting anymore. It stopped being your painting the moment that you finished it.

3. Aquarium Biologist Halley Miller:

   Like all giant Pacific octopus, The Florida Aquarium’s GPO Farallon is an extremely intelligent creature. Enrichment activities are key to optimal animal welfare as a result the professional care team provide her with a wide variety of activities from puzzles, to painting and more, this was first time we presented Farallon this activity.She was very engaged with the canvases; using her arms and suckers to push around the paint.

4. College Republicans:

   My issue with feminism more than anything else is the activism tactics and the issues they're pushing, when your activism is growing your armpit hair out and painting it pink and then hating men, that, to me, does nothing for your cause, it does nothing to empower women.

5. John Constable:

   Painting is with me but another word for feeling.