Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "paint" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

bare bleach brush draw erase pencil scratch sculpting strip thinner use use brush wallpaper with brush

Typical Location

can garage hardware store porch shelf shop store wall windowsill work

Capable Of

blue metal coat board coat building coat canvas coat car coat chair coat fence coat house coat metal coat surface coat surfaces coat wall coat walls coat wood consist of oil consist of water dry make things look new

Created By

manufacture

Derived Terms

Indian paint rock Paint Creek Paintsville bepaint body paint bodypaint corpsepaint depaint digipaint electropaint emulsion paint eyepaint face paint facepaint finger paint finger-paint fingerpaint fresh as paint go hard in the paint greasepaint impaint inpaint know someone from a can of paint latex paint lead paint stare lick of paint like an explosion in a paint factory mispaint nonpaint oil paint outpaint overpaint paint a rosy picture paint and sip paint bridge paint bucket paint by numbers paint down paint gun paint horse paint job paint mask paint oneself into a corner paint out paint over paint pot paint rock paint shaker paint shop paint stripper paint the tape paint the town paint the town red paint the wagon paint thinner paint up paint with a broad brush paint with a wide brush paint with the same brush paint-billed crake paint-by-numbers paint-pot paint-root paintability paintable paintathon paintbox paintbrush painted lady painted trillium painted vulture painter paintery painting paintless paintlike paintmaker paintmaking paintpot paintproof paintroot paintstick paintwork painty points in the paint polypaint poster paint prepaint repaint smart as paint speedpaint spray paint throat paint trade paint underpaint unpaint war paint war-paint watch paint dry whore paint whore's paint whore-paint yellow paint

Distinct From

crayons draw wallpaper

Has Part

pigment

Context

art basketball computing military paintball poker slang

First Subevents

dip brush in paint get paint and brushes lay down newspaper lay down tarps measure pick up brush put on old clothing

Last Subevents

clean brushes clean paintbrush clean up clean up mess clean up painting supplies let dry let paint dry set brush down

Prerequisites

apply color to surface brush on buy paint buy paint and paintbrush buy paint brushes dip paintbrush in paint find brush and paint find canvas gather brushes get brush get canvas get paint get paint and brushes get paint brush get paintbrush and paint get painting materials get painting supplies get top notch advice go to art supply store have brush have empty canvas have good brushes have paint brush have paints and paint brushes have selection of brushes lay drop cloth learn to paint mix paint not do corner last obtain brushes pick subject prepare for mess protect things from splatters put on smock spray on urinate on wall use brush use oil paint use paint brush wear hat

Has Property

available in different colours coloured dark

Subevents

art clean paint brushes clothes get stained fulfilment get new color get paint on hands get smeared in paint get splashed getting splashed with ink might spill paint open paint can put paint on surface run out of red splashing paint on clothes use brush use paintbrush wet brush

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

card coat coat coating color coloring material colour colouring material cover create interpret make-up makeup playing card represent space surface war paint

Type Of (IsA)

artificial substance coating coating material coloring material consumable product enamel paint homogeneous structure past tense of paint pigment

Made Of

chemicals

Manner Of

coat cover create represent

Motivated By Goal

accomplish beutiful change colors in home clean walls cover with color covers up blood create create art create visually enjoy enjoyed to paint express creativity express yourself artistically feel creative home to look nice in jail look nice make picture nicely painted house painting can make famous wall dingy

Receives Action

applied into wet plaster applied to wall described by color found at hardware store put in bucket stored in container can tinted used on canvas

Related Terms

picture

Related Terms

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pastel picasso picture pictures pictures drawing pigment pigmentation pigmented pigmented substance pigments portraits preserver primer protect protection put put it queen radar recolor recolor wall roll roll on roller rollers room room color room coloring rooms runny runny colour scan scene semigloss shades shingle shingle preserver sites smell solid solvent sometimes sometimes latex sometimes oil sometimes wet soup spray spreadable stain store strokes style substance supply surface surface coating surfaces tempera texture texture color thick thick color thick ink thick liquid tin tins tint tint hue tinted tinted fluid tints tool treatment ugly ugly walls up use use brush use to used used for used walls uses uses brushes various various colors varnish visual visual arts wall wall candy wall coating wall color wall coloring wall colors wall colour wall colouring wall cover wall covering wall decor wall decorating wall decoration wall emulsion wall improvement wall lacquer wall latex wall pigment wall substance wall treatment wallpaper walls walls to water water art water based water color watercolor watercolor acrylic watercolors wet wet art wet color wet colors wet colour wet drawing wet mix wet pigment with brush with brushes wood wood colour

Synonym Network

color colour key rouge

Used For

change color of objects keep sanity make objects different colors painting painting walls

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.