paint

/pˈeɪnt/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. make a painting
   “he painted all day in the garden”
2. apply paint to; coat with paint
   “We painted the rooms yellow”
3. make a painting of
   “He painted his mistress many times”
4. apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil

noun

1. a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating
   “artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably”
2. (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
   “he hit a jump shot from the top of the key”
3. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

Synonyms for paint

• pigment
• key
• rouge
• blusher

Words that rhyme with paint

• faint
• restraint
• complaint
• saint
• acquaint
• constraint
• quaint
• taint
• feint
• repaint
• fingerpaint
• jonassaint