paint | Definition of paint

paint

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of paint

1 to give a representation or account of in words

the description painted a perfect image of the sun setting over the ocean

Synonyms of paint

delineate, depict, describe, draw, image, limn, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch

Words Related to paint

characterize, define, label, qualify, represent

demonstrate, illustrate

narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell

display, exhibit, show

draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette

summarize, sum up, touch off

redescribe, reimage

Near Antonyms of paint

color, distort, falsify, garble, misdescribe, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

2 to give color or a different color to

I've decided to paint the bathroom walls purple

Synonyms of paint

bepaint [archaic], color, dye, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

Words Related to paint

brighten, lighten

darken, embrown, tone (down)

checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate

Near Antonyms of paint

blanch, bleach, whiten

Antonyms of paint