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painter1

paint·er1

painter1

 
 
pronunciation:
peIn tr
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: one who practices the art of painting.
 
definition 2: a worker who covers the surfaces of buildings with paint.
 
Word Combinations  About this feature
adjective + (n.)painter abstract, accomplished, acrylic, amateur, ambitious, avant-garde, beloved, celebrated, classical, contemporary, decorative, distinguished, eccentric, established, famed, famous, favorite, fellow, figurative, foremost, full-time, gifted, greatest, impressionist, influential, itinerant, leading, marine, miniature, modern, modernist, noted, outdoor, pastel, primitive, prolific, prominent, realist, renowned, representational, romantic, self-taught, skilled, surrealist, talented, veteran, well-known [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)painter inspire, train
(n.)painter + verb admire, commission, copy, depict, exhibit, paint, render
noun + (n.)painter Help agar, artist, billboard, biography, carpenter, carver, century, composition, cubist, easel, enamel, exhibition, expressionist, generation, genre, icon, landscape, literati, master, mechanic, mural, musician, naturalist, novelist, oil, patron, poet, portrait, potter, realist, sign, still-life, studio, vase, watercolor, wildlife, works [See all][See only the most frequent]
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Word Parts  About this feature
The word painter contains the following part:
-er, -or, -ar2 Latin noun-forming suffix that means a person or thing that does
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The suffix group -er , -or , -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
synonyms:
-ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean