The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - paint n.

1) colour, tint, dye, colouring, pigment, stain: I bought the paint and brushes, and started work on the kitchen walls. 2) coating, coat, surface; enamel: The rust has come through the paint here and there. 3) make-up, cosmetics, maquillage, greasepaint, Colloq warpaint, face: Sheila is in her room putting on some paint before we go out. --v. 4) depict, portray, picture, show, represent, delineate, render, draw, limn, characterize, describe: Whistler painted a portrait of my grandmother. Correspondents painted a very grim picture of the plight of the hostages. 5) coat, brush, apply, cover, daub: The doctor painted the area with some medication that soothed the pain. 6) colour, tint, dye, stain, decorate: We are planning to paint the nursery pale blue. 7) paint the town red. make merry, carouse, revel, go on a spree, go out on the town, Colloq whoop it up, live it up, (go on a) pub-crawl, step out, Slang make whoopee, go on a bender or drunk or binge, booze it up: Saturday nights a few of the boys would go out and paint the town red till the wee hours.