It looks like I'm going to have to varnish my bookshelves again.
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Varnish
//ˈvɑː(ɹ)nɪʃ//
Synonyms for "varnish" (284 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (85)
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keep under coverlacquerlame excuselay figurelay on colorlessenload with ornamentlocus standilustermake allowance formaskmasquerademaulstickmediummeretriciousnessmincemiscitemiscolormisconstruemisdirect
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misinterpretmisquotemisrendermisreportmisrepresentmisstatemisusemitigatemitigationobfuscateobscureoccultornamentostensible motiveostentationoutward showoverchargeoverlayoverloadoverstatepaintpaintbrushpalettepalette knifepalliatepalliationpalliativepargetpastelpelliclepencilpervertpigmentpigmentsplayactingpolishpoor excuseposeposingposturepretensepretensionpretextprettifyprimeprotestationpublic motiveput offput-offqualificationrefugerepresentationrevetmentrubscalescourscratchboardscreenscumseemingsemblanceshadeshadowshamshellacshineshowshroudsiccativesimulacrumsimulationsketchbooksketchpadskinslantsleekslickslick downslop on paintslur oversmearsmoke screensoft pedalsoft-pedalsoftensofteningspatulaspeciousnessspray gunspreadstainstalking horsestalking-horsestipplestrainstratagemstumpsubterfugesugarcoattincttincturetingetinttitivatetonetorturetricktrick outtwistundercoatunderstateveilveneerwarpwashwaxwhitewhitenwhitewashwhitewashingwindow dressing
Verb(1 words)
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4 entriesat location
2 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
154 translations across 62 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- llak noun (transparent paint)
Arabic
1 entries- وَرْنِيش noun (transparent paint)
Armenian
1 entries- լաք noun (transparent paint)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- lak noun (transparent paint)
- laklamaq verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- laklamaq verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Belarusian
1 entries- лак noun (transparent paint)
Bengali
1 entries- বার্নিশ noun (transparent paint)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гланц noun (anything resembling such a paint)
- лак noun (transparent paint)
- лустро noun (a deceptively showy appearance)
- лакирам verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Burmese
1 entries- ဗားနစ် noun (transparent paint)
Catalan
2 entries- vernís noun (transparent paint)
- envernissar verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Central Melanau
1 entries- berenih noun (transparent paint)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 清漆 noun (transparent paint)
- 漆 noun (transparent paint)
- 塗漆 /涂漆 verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Czech
1 entries- lak noun (transparent paint)
Danish
4 entries- fernis noun (transparent paint)
- fernis noun (anything resembling such a paint)
- fernis noun (a deceptively showy appearance)
- lak noun (transparent paint)
Esperanto
2 entries- verniso noun (transparent paint)
- vernisi verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Estonian
1 entries- lakk noun (transparent paint)
Finnish
4 entries- lakka noun (transparent paint)
- lakka noun (anything resembling such a paint)
- pintakiilto noun (a deceptively showy appearance)
- vernissa noun (transparent paint)
French
2 entries- vernis noun (transparent paint)
- vernir verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Georgian
4 entries- ლაკი noun (transparent paint)
- დაფარვა verb (to gloss over a defect)
- ლაკირება verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- ლაკირება verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
German
4 entries- Firnis noun (transparent paint)
- Firnis noun (anything resembling such a paint)
- Lack noun (transparent paint)
- firnissen verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Hindi
1 entries- वार्निश noun (transparent paint)
Hungarian
4 entries- fénymáz noun (transparent paint)
- kence noun (anything resembling such a paint)
- lakk noun (transparent paint)
- máz noun (a deceptively showy appearance)
Indonesian
1 entries- pernis noun (transparent paint)
Ingrian
3 entries- öljy noun (transparent paint)
- öljytä verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- öljytä verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Interlingua
1 entries- vernisse noun (transparent paint)
Irish
1 entries- vearnais noun (transparent paint)
Italian
1 entries- vernice noun (transparent paint)
Japanese
4 entries- ニス noun (transparent paint)
- ワニス noun (transparent paint)
- 仮漆 noun (transparent paint)
- 塗る verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Kazakh
1 entries- лак noun (transparent paint)
Korean
3 entries- 니스 noun (transparent paint)
- 바니시 noun (transparent paint)
- 옻 noun (transparent paint)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- лак noun (transparent paint)
Latvian
1 entries- laka noun (transparent paint)
Lithuanian
1 entries- lakas noun (transparent paint)
Malay
1 entries- varnis noun (transparent paint)
Manx
2 entries- lossanagh noun (transparent paint)
- varnish noun (transparent paint)
Mokilese
2 entries- parnij noun (transparent paint)
- warnis noun (transparent paint)
Māori
2 entries- wānihi noun (transparent paint)
- wānihi verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Norman
1 entries- vèrni verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- ferniss noun (transparent paint)
- lakk noun (transparent paint)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- ferniss noun (transparent paint)
- lakk noun (transparent paint)
Occitan
1 entries- vernís noun (transparent paint)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- روغن noun (transparent paint)
- ورنیك noun (transparent paint)
- روغنلامق verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- روغنلامق verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Persian
1 entries- ورنی noun (transparent paint)
Polish
3 entries- lakier noun (transparent paint)
- lakierować verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- lakierować verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Portuguese
4 entries- verniz noun (transparent paint)
- verniz noun (a deceptively showy appearance)
- envernizar verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- envernizar verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Romanian
2 entries- lac noun (transparent paint)
- vernis noun (transparent paint)
Russian
4 entries- лак noun (transparent paint)
- лакирова́ть verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- лакирова́ть verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
- покрыва́ть ла́ком verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- lȁk noun (transparent paint)
- ла̏к noun (transparent paint)
Slovak
4 entries- lak noun (transparent paint)
- lesk noun (anything resembling such a paint)
- lakovať verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- nalakovať verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Slovene
1 entries- lak noun (transparent paint)
Spanish
4 entries- barniz noun (transparent paint)
- corla noun (transparent paint)
- corladura noun (transparent paint)
- barnizar verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Swedish
4 entries- fernissa noun (transparent paint)
- lack noun (transparent paint)
- lacka verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
- lacka verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Tagalog
2 entries- alyamas noun (transparent paint)
- barnis noun (transparent paint)
Tajik
1 entries- лак noun (transparent paint)
Thai
1 entries- น้ำมันชักเงา noun (transparent paint)
Turkish
2 entries- vernik noun (transparent paint)
- verniklemek verb (intransitive: to apply varnish)
Turkmen
1 entries- lak noun (transparent paint)
Ukrainian
1 entries- лак noun (transparent paint)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- firnisować verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
- sfirnisować verb (transitive: to cover up with varnish)
Uzbek
1 entries- lak noun (transparent paint)
Venetan
2 entries- vernize noun (transparent paint)
- vernize noun (anything resembling such a paint)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sơn noun (transparent paint)
- véc ni noun (transparent paint)
Welsh
2 entries- farnais noun (transparent paint)
- farnis noun (transparent paint)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
We must give it a coat of varnish.
Source: tatoeba (2270023)
Mum doesn't let me wear nail varnish.
Source: tatoeba (5942685)
We must give it a good coat of varnish.
Source: tatoeba (10350660)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.