paint

paint is a 5-letter English word with 16 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.
2. transitive verb. Fig.: To color, stain, or tinge; to adorn or beautify with colors; to diversify with colors.
3. transitive verb. To form in colors a figure or likeness of on a flat surface, as upon canvas; to represent by means of colors or hues; to exhibit in a tinted image; to portray with paints; as, to paint a portrait or a landscape.
4. transitive verb. Fig.: To represent or exhibit to the mind; to describe vividly; to delineate; to image; to depict.
5. transitive verb. To practice the art of painting; as, the artist paints well.
6. transitive verb. To color one's face by way of beautifying it.
7. noun. A pigment or coloring substance.
8. noun. The same prepared with a vehicle, as oil, water with gum, or the like, for application to a surface.
9. noun. A cosmetic; rouge.
10. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: pigment

11. noun. makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks

    Synonyms: blusher, rouge

12. noun. (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"

    "he dominates play in the paint"

    Synonyms: key

13. verb. apply paint to; coat with paint

    "We painted the rooms yellow"

14. verb. apply a liquid to; e.g., paint the gutters with linseed oil
15. verb. make a painting of

    "He painted his mistress many times"

16. verb. make a painting

    "he painted all day in the garden"

    "He painted a painting of the garden"

Synonyms

pigment, blusher, rouge, key

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in paint:

inapt, patin, pinta

Common word forms

paints, painted, painter, painting, paintable, paintless

Words from these letters

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