All paint synonyms
paint
P p noun paint
- coverup β an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- greasepaint β an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- makeup β facial cosmetics, as eye shadow or lipstick.
- chroma β the attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present
- color β the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- chromaticity β the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
- lineaments β Plural form of lineament.
- chromatism β chromatic aberration
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- camouflage β Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- colorant β A colorant is a substance that is used to give something a particular color.
- dyestuff β a material yielding or used as a dye.
- lipstick β a crayonlike oil-based cosmetic used in coloring the lips, usually in a tubular container.
- coloration β The coloration of an animal or a plant is the colours and patterns on it.
- chromism β Chromatism.
- face β the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- dissimulation β the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
verb paint
- begrime β to make dirty; soil
- caricaturing β a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- whitewash β a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
- enamelled β (British) Simple past tense and past participle of enamel.
- chalking β a soft, white, powdery limestone consisting chiefly of fossil shells of foraminifers.
- bedizened β Dressed up or decorated gaudily.
- narrate β to give an account or tell the story of (events, experiences, etc.).
- frilled β Having frills, frilly.
- crusted β If something is crusted with a substance, it is covered with a hard or thick layer of that substance.
- enamelling β (British) present participle of enamel.
- airbrush β An airbrush is an artist's tool which sprays paint onto a surface.
- emblazon β Conspicuously inscribe or display (a design) on something.
- aurify β to turn into gold
- imaged β a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- incarnadine β blood-red; crimson.
- graphed β Simple past tense and past participle of graph.
- decorate β If you decorate something, you make it more attractive by adding things to it.
- mimeo β A mimeograph.
- describe β If you describe a person, object, event, or situation, you say what they are like or what happened.
- limn β to represent in drawing or painting.
- map out β a representation, usually on a flat surface, as of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation: a map of Canada.
- ornament β an accessory, article, or detail used to beautify the appearance of something to which it is added or of which it is a part: architectural ornaments.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- make light of β of little weight; not heavy: a light load.
- lacquered β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- manifolded β of many kinds; numerous and varied: manifold duties.
- frilling β a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
- caricatured β Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- cartooning β a sketch or drawing, usually humorous, as in a newspaper or periodical, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject, or person of popular interest.
- lacquering β a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- blueprinting β a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.