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Defenition of the word painting

    • Defenition of the word painting

      • An illustration or artwork done with the use of paints.
      • The practice of applying color to a surface (support base) such as, e.g. paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer or concrete.
      • the act of applying paint to a surface; "you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush"
      • making a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
      • the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"
      • 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"
      • creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"
      • 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"
      • the occupation of a house painter
      • the act of applying paint to a surface
      • creating a picture with paints
      • graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

    Synonyms for the word painting

      • house painting
      • picture

    Meronymys for the word painting

      • building
      • construction

    Hyponyms for the word painting

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

    Hypernyms for the word painting

      • application
      • art
      • artistic creation
      • artistic production
      • beaux arts
      • coating
      • covering
      • craft
      • fine arts
      • graphic art
      • trade

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