A painter only becomes a true painter by practicing his craft.
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Painter
//ˈpeɪntə//
Synonyms for "painter" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
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Noun(3 words)
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6 entriesSynonyms
1 entriescapable of
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
derived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
6 entriesnot desires
2 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
Translations
303 translations across 96 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- skilder noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Albanian
4 entries- ballamar noun (rope)
- bojaxhi noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- lyerës noun (artist)
- lyerës noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ζωγράφος noun (artist)
Arabic
4 entries- دَهَّان noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- دَهَّان noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- دَهَّانَة noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- رسام noun (artist)
Armenian
2 entries- ներկարար noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- նկարիչ noun (artist)
Asturian
1 entries- pintor noun (artist)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- boyaçı noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- rəngsaz noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- rəssam noun (artist)
Bashkir
3 entries- буяусы noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- маляр noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- рәссам noun (artist)
Basque
1 entries- margolari noun (artist)
Belarusian
4 entries- маля́р noun (artist)
- маля́р noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- маля́рка noun (artist)
- маля́рка noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Bengali
1 entries- চিত্রকর noun (artist)
Breton
1 entries- liver noun (artist)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бояджи́йка noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- бояджи́я noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- рисува́ч noun (artist)
- рисува́чка noun (artist)
Burmese
1 entries- ပန်းချီဆရာ noun (artist)
Catalan
1 entries- pintor noun (artist)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 畫家 /画家 noun (artist)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 油匠 noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- 畫家 /画家 noun (artist)
Crimean Tatar
2 entries- boyacı noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- ressam noun (artist)
Czech
4 entries- malíř noun (artist)
- malíř noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- malířka noun (artist)
- malířka noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Dalmatian
2 entries- depentaur noun (artist)
- pentaur noun (artist)
Danish
3 entries- kunstmaler noun (artist)
- maler noun (artist)
- maler noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Dari
2 entries- نَقَّاش noun (artist)
- نَقَّاش noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Dutch
4 entries- huisschilder noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- kunstschilder noun (artist)
- schilder noun (artist)
- schilder noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Esperanto
4 entries- farbistino noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- farbisto noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- pentristino noun (artist)
- pentristo noun (artist)
Estonian
4 entries- kunstnik noun (artist)
- maaler noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- maalija noun (artist)
- maalikunstnik noun (artist)
Finnish
4 entries- kiinnitysköysi noun (rope)
- maalari noun (artist)
- maalari noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- taidemaalari noun (artist)
French
4 entries- artiste peintre noun (artist)
- peintre noun (artist)
- peintre décorateur noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- peintre décoratrice noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Friulian
1 entries- pitôr noun (artist)
Galician
4 entries- pintor noun (artist)
- pintor noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- pintora noun (artist)
- pintora noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Georgian
2 entries- მხატვარი noun (artist)
- ფერმწერი noun (artist)
German
4 entries- Anstreicher noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- Anstreicherin noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- Autolackierer noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- Autolackiererin noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Greek
4 entries- βαφέας noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- ζωγράφος noun (artist)
- μπογιατζής noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- παλαμάρι noun (rope)
Gujarati
2 entries- ચિતારો noun (artist)
- ચિત્રકાર noun (artist)
Hebrew
2 entries- חֶבֶל חַרְטוֹם noun (rope)
- צַבָּע noun (artist)
Hindi
2 entries- चित्रकार noun (artist)
- रंगरेज़ noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Hungarian
2 entries- festő noun (artist)
- szobafestő noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Icelandic
1 entries- málari noun (artist)
Ido
4 entries- domindutistino noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- domindutisto noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- domindutistulo noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- farbizistino noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Indonesian
1 entries- pelukis noun (artist)
Interlingua
1 entries- pictor noun (artist)
Iranian Persian
4 entries- رَنْگْکار noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- مُصَوِّر noun (artist)
- نَقَّاش noun (artist)
- نَقَّاش noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Italian
4 entries- barbetta noun (rope)
- cima da ormeggio noun (rope)
- cima da rimorchio noun (rope)
- imbianchino noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Japanese
3 entries- 画家 noun (artist)
- 絵描き noun (artist)
- 舫綱 noun (rope)
Kalmyk
1 entries- ширдәч noun (artist)
Kazakh
1 entries- суретші noun (artist)
Khmer
4 entries- ជាងគំនូរ noun (artist)
- ជាងលាប noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- រជក noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- វិចិត្រករ noun (artist)
Korean
1 entries- 화가 noun (artist)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- сүрөтчү noun (artist)
Lao
1 entries- ຈິດຕະກອນ noun (artist)
Latin
2 entries- pictor noun (artist)
- pictrix noun (artist)
Latvian
2 entries- gleznotājs noun (artist)
- krāsotājs noun (artist)
Lithuanian
3 entries- dažytojas noun (artist)
- lakuotojas noun (artist)
- tapytojas noun (artist)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Moler noun (artist)
Macedonian
4 entries- бојаџија noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- молер noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- молерка noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- сликар noun (artist)
Malay
1 entries- pengecat noun (artist)
Marathi
2 entries- चित्रकार noun (artist)
- रंगारी noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Mirandese
1 entries- pintor noun (artist)
Mongolian
1 entries- зураач noun (artist)
Māori
2 entries- kaipeita noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- torotoro noun (rope)
Navajo
2 entries- naʼachʼąąhí noun (artist)
- yidleeshí noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Neapolitan
3 entries- pettore noun (artist)
- pettóre noun (artist)
- pittóre noun (artist)
Norman
1 entries- peintre noun (artist)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- maler noun (artist)
- maler noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- målar noun (artist)
- målar noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Occitan
1 entries- pintor noun (artist)
Odia
1 entries- ଚିତ୍ରକର noun (artist)
Old English
1 entries- mētere noun (artist)
Polish
3 entries- malarka noun (artist)
- malarz noun (artist)
- malarz pokojowy noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Portuguese
4 entries- pintor noun (artist)
- pintor noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- pintora noun (artist)
- proiz noun (rope)
Romanian
4 entries- pictor noun (artist)
- pictoriță noun (artist)
- vopsitoare noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- vopsitor noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Russian
4 entries- живопи́сец noun (artist)
- краси́льщик noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- краси́льщица noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- маля́р noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- ball-toisich noun (rope)
- dealbhadair noun (artist)
- lì-dhealbhadair noun (artist)
- lì-dhealbhadair noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- slȉkarica noun (artist)
- slȉkār noun (artist)
- сли̏ка̄р noun (artist)
- сли̏карица noun (artist)
Sicilian
1 entries- pinturi noun (artist)
Slovak
3 entries- maliar noun (artist)
- maliar noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- maliarka noun (artist)
Slovene
2 entries- slikar noun (artist)
- slikarka noun (artist)
Southern Altai
3 entries- бойучы noun (artist)
- бойучы noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- маляр noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Spanish
4 entries- barnizador noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- barnizadora noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- pintor noun (artist)
- pintor noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Sranan Tongo
1 entries- ferfiman noun (artist)
Swedish
3 entries- konstnär noun (artist)
- målare noun (artist)
- målare noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Tajik
4 entries- мусаввир noun (artist)
- наққош noun (artist)
- нигоргар noun (artist)
- рассом noun (artist)
Tatar
1 entries- рәссам noun (artist)
Telugu
1 entries- చిత్రకారుడు noun (artist)
Thai
1 entries- จิตรกร noun (artist)
Turkish
2 entries- boyacı noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- ressam noun (artist)
Turkmen
1 entries- suratkeş noun (artist)
Ukrainian
4 entries- живопи́сець noun (artist)
- ма́ляр noun (artist)
- ма́ляр noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- ма́лярка noun (artist)
Urdu
3 entries- رَن٘گ ساز noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- مُصَوِّر noun (artist)
- نَقَّاش noun (artist)
Uyghur
1 entries- رەسسام noun (artist)
Uzbek
1 entries- rassom noun (artist)
Venetan
2 entries- pentór noun (artist)
- pitór noun (artist)
Vietnamese
2 entries- họa sĩ noun (artist)
- thợ sơn noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
Volapük
4 entries- hikölan noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- hipänan noun (artist)
- jikölan noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- jipänan noun (artist)
Walloon
4 entries- mwaisse pondeu noun (artist)
- pinte noun (artist)
- pinte noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- pondeu noun (artist)
Welsh
4 entries- arluniwr noun (artist)
- arlunydd noun (artist)
- lliwydd noun (laborer who paints surfaces using a paintbrush)
- peintiwr noun (artist)
Yiddish
1 entries- מאָלער noun (artist)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
After tying up loose ends on the house, the carpenter gave the painter approval to begin work.
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Michelangelo protested that he was not a painter.
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Picasso is an eminent painter.
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