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painted

adj · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/
  • US: /ˈpeɪ.nɪd/ in fast speech
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪntɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: P EY1 N T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Coated with paint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Depicted in paint.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Colorful, as if painted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • the painted desert
  • painted turtle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Wearing makeup.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

simple past and past participle of paint

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

coated with paint

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • freshly painted lawn furniture

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpainted

8

adjective

Meaning 8

having makeup applied

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • brazen painted faces

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpainted

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a jester dressed in motley
  • the painted desert
  • a particolored dress
  • a piebald horse
  • pied daisies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

Antonyms: none provided

10

adjective satellite

Meaning 10

lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • in public he wore a painted smile

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: боядисан (bojadisan) — painted
  • Bulgarian: оцветен (ocveten) — painted
  • Dutch: beschilderd — painted
  • Esperanto: pentrita — painted
  • Galician: pintado — painted
  • Italian: dipinto — painted
  • Latin: pictus — painted
  • Spanish: pintado — painted
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