Definition for Painting:

• 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 for Painting:

• n.

  •
  • diptych,
  • abstract,
  • caricature,
  • likeness,
  • collage,
  • canvas,
  • daub,
  • bas relief,
  • portrayal,
  • composition,
  • aquatint.
  •
  • batik,
  • arts and crafts,
  • brass rubbing,
  • ceramics,
  • belles lettres,
  • carving,
  • art form.
  •
  • respray.
  •art (noun)
  • description,
  • Sketching,
  • imitation,
  • modeling,
  • abstraction,
  • simulation.
  •coat (noun)
  • crust,
  • set,
  • bark,
  • priming,
  • Whitewashing,
  • glaze,
  • plaster,
  • overlay,
  • tinge,
  • finish,
  • lacquer,
  • layer.
  •design (noun)
  • configuration,
  • pattern,
  • arrangement,
  • organization,
  • style,
  • device,
  • motive,
  • motif,
  • shape,
  • construction,
  • doodle,
  • form.
  •drawing (noun)
  • charcoal,
  • diagram,
  • pastel,
  • graphics,
  • blueprint,
  • cartoon,
  • delineation,
  • etching,
  • COMP,
  • rendering,
  • scene,
  • tracing,
  • plan,
  • study,
  • layout,
  • commercial art,
  • Water color,
  • Storyboard,
  • masterpiece,
  • depiction,
  • still life.
  •fine arts (noun)
  • visual arts.
  •house painting (noun)
  • house painting.
  •illustration (noun)
  • frontispiece,
  • photograph,
  • snapshot,
  • line drawing,
  • plate,
  • image,
  • engraving.
  •landscape (noun)
  • outlook,
  • view,
  • scenery,
  • prospect,
  • panorama.
  •medium (noun)
  • re velation,
  • re-velations,
  • re velations,
  • re-velation.
  •model (noun)
  • look-alike,
  • statuette,
  • visuals,
  • Effigies,
  • look alike,
  • mockup,
  • knockoff,
  • paste-up,
  • knock-off,
  • mock-up,
  • figurines,
  • statuettes,
  • figurine,
  • mock-ups,
  • pasteup,
  • paste up,
  • game plan,
  • mock up.
  •painting (noun)
  • splashing,
  • art work,
  • watercolor,
  • cityscape,
  • brushing,
  • abstract design.
  •picture (noun)
  • re creation,
  • re-plica,
  • re creations,
  • re plica.
  •piece (noun)
  • dis courses,
  • ex-positions,
  • dis-course,
  • dis-courses,
  • dis course,
  • ex-position.
  •portrait (noun)
  • pro file,
  • pro-files,
  • pro files,
  • pro-file.
  •sketch (noun)
  • adumbrations.
  •visual arts (noun)
  • beaux art,
  • visual-arts,
  • graphic artses.

• v.

  •coloring (verb)
  • dying,
  • Inking,
  • shading,
  • staining,
  • coloring,
  • tinting.
  •drawing (verb)
  • depicting,
  • doodling,
  • Illustrating.
  •paint (verb)
  • cover,
  • decorate,
  • dye,
  • limn,
  • slather,
  • brush,
  • tint,
  • ornament,
  • compose,
  • swab,
  • shade,
  • delineate,
  • cover up,
  • catch a likeness,
  • put on coats,
  • gloss over,
  • slap on,
  • stipple,
  • touch up.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • interior decoration,
  • home improvement,
  • interior decorator,
  • op art,
  • decorator,
  • facelift.
  •
  • sprayer,
  • painter.
  •
  • coat.
  •Other relevant words:
  • covetous,
  • Stippling,
  • scratch,
  • illustrate,
  • misstatement,
  • Glazing,
  • graphic artist,
  • define,
  • monochrome,
  • water glass,
  • replica,
  • bring,
  • mental picture,
  • exposure,
  • construct,
  • imagery,
  • clarify,
  • interpret,
  • Representment,
  • delimit,
  • reproduction,
  • Applying,
  • bad likeness,
  • water,
  • impression,
  • gouache,
  • portray,
  • computer graphics,
  • cinematography,
  • express,
  • duplicate,
  • sculpture,
  • distortion,
  • colouring,
  • tinging,
  • ikon,
  • greedy,
  • easel,
  • impasto,
  • simulacrum,
  • gilding,
  • Aquarelle,
  • black lead,
  • describe,
  • draft,
  • burlesque,
  • characterisation,
  • pigmenting,
  • Iconography,
  • Furbishing,
  • draught,
  • Japanning,
  • wash,
  • paint,
  • Rouging,
  • understand,
  • tempera,
  • mural painting,
  • oil painting,
  • film,
  • take off,
  • fresco,
  • copy,
  • grisaille,
  • Delineating,
  • pic,
  • make,
  • video,
  • Enameling,
  • Tarring,
  • representing,
  • Sciagraphy,
  • shellacking,
  • movie,
  • Calcimining,
  • statue,
  • create,
  • icon,
  • figure,
  • falsification,
  • lampoon,
  • Describing,
  • dyed,
  • radiography,
  • designing,
  • portrait painting,
  • Lacquering,
  • outline,
  • Varnishing,
  • acrylic painting,
  • printing,
  • scratching,
  • chiaroscuro,
  • seascape,
  • Emblazoning,
  • embody,
  • Distempering,
  • illuminating,
  • word-painting,
  • printmaking,
  • exaggeration,
  • Picturable,
  • facsimile,
  • anamorphosis,
  • encaustic painting,
  • parody,
  • motion picture,
  • Enamelling,
  • draw,
  • airbrushing,
  • Glossing,
  • misrepresentation,
  • play,
  • pictorial matter,
  • travesty,
  • attract,
  • color,
  • word picture,
  • illumination,
  • portraying,
  • be,
  • fresco painting,
  • wash drawing,
  • depict,
  • marine painting,
  • mark off,
  • exemplify,
  • oil paint,
  • color photography,
  • landscape painting,
  • coloring matter,
  • model after,
  • oil,
  • tableau,
  • Imbuing,
  • derive,
  • oil color,
  • picture show,
  • represent,
  • Decorating,
  • undercoating,
  • belles-lettres,
  • moving picture,
  • genre painting,
  • read,
  • Keying,
  • artwork,
  • Smearing,
  • daubing,
  • graining,
  • flick,
  • autoradiography,
  • elucidate.

Paraphrases for Painting:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    paint.
  • Proper noun, singular
    paints, paint.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    paint.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    repainting, beenpainting.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sling.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    startedbrushing, Delineating, Redrawing, Outlining, designing, Describing, brushing, Formulating, comparing, Elaborating, shaping, charting, Providing, delimiting, devising, Forming, Doing, making, drawing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    painted.
  • Proper noun, singular
    painter, drawing, painted.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    portrait, canvas, mural, fresco, artwork, painter, coating, drawing, varnish, portrayal, blackboard, sketch, design.

Painting Sentence Examples:

• The wife went back to the painting - room; and returned the next minute to beg the visitor to " step this way, if you please, ma'am."

• How different a painting looks when seen in a good light, as compared with some dark corner!

Hypernym for Painting:

• n.

  • act
    impasto, splash, spray painting, finger-painting, splattering, oil painting, Water-colour, water-color, splashing, watercolour, watercolor, fresco, spattering, distemper, spatter.
  • artifact
    icon, miniature, still life, finger-painting, seascape, daub, Waterscape, illumination, water-color, wall painting, watercolor, sand painting, nude painting, trompe l'oeil, abstraction, nude, watercolour, landscape, Water-colour, monochrome, distemper, oil painting, mural, cityscape, ikon, semi-abstraction, tanka, pentimento.

Hyponym for Painting:

• n.

  • act
    art, beaux arts, application, artistic production, fine arts, artistic creation, covering, coating.
  • artifact
    graphic art.