painting
An illustration or artwork done with the use of paint.
Example
“The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings.”
Other meanings
The action of applying paint to a surface.
“The outside of the old house would benefit from some painting.”
The same activity as an art form.
“Some artists, like Michelangelo, excel in both painting and sculpture.”
Synonyms
- picture
A kind of
- graphic art
Kinds of painting
- daub
- finger-painting
- icon
- landscape
- miniature
- mural
- sand painting
- still life
Related words
- drypainting
- electropainting
- housepainting
- nonpainting
- paintinglike
- paintingness
- sandpainting
- soundpainting
- underpainting
- cave painting
- dry painting
- action painting
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “painting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.