lacquer [lak-er]
Main Entry:
lacquer [lak-er]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coating
Synonyms: covering, finish, glaze, lamination, layer, varnish, veneer
Main Entry: color
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make pigmented; shade
Synonyms: adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, chalk, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, fresco, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, pinken, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, variegate, wash
Antonyms: discolor, pale, whiten
Main Entry: enamel
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: paint, often shiny
Synonyms: cloisonné, coating, finish, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, polish, stain, topcoat, varnish, veneer
Main Entry: finish
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: coating; perfecting
Synonyms: appearance, beauty, burnish, cultivation, culture, elaboration, glaze, grace, grain, lacquer, luster, patina, perfection, polish, refinement, shine, smoothness, surface, texture, veneer
Main Entry: finish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put a coating on; perfect
Synonyms: coat, develop, elaborate, face, gild, lacquer, polish, refine, smooth, stain, texture, veneer, wax
Main Entry: gloss
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make shiny
Synonyms: buff, burnish, finish, furbish, glance, glaze, lacquer, polish, rub, shine, varnish, veneer
Antonyms: dull
Main Entry: varnish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: add a layer to; embellish
Synonyms: adorn, coat, cover, decorate, enamel, finish, gild, glaze, gloss, japan, lacquer, luster, paint, polish, shellac, surface, veneer, wash, wax
Antonyms: strip
Related Words
Main Entry: color
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
crude, Day, allochroous, bright, chromatic, colored, colorific, deep, double, flashy, flaunting, florid, fresh, gairish, garish, gaudy, gay, glaring, gorgeous, harmonious, high, intense, iridal, iridian, isochroous, mellow, multicolored, pavonine, pearly, polychromatic, prismatic, prismatoidal, raw, rich, showy, sweet, tinctorial, tingent, unfaded, vivid
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Color.
Category: 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; specific light
Synonyms:
-nouns
color, hue, tint, tinge, dye, complexion, shade, tincture, cast, livery, coloration, glow, flush; tone, key., pure color, positive color, primary color, primitive color, complementary color; three primaries; spectrum, chromatic dispersion; broken color, secondary color, tertiary color., local color, coloring, keeping, tone, value, aerial perspective., [Science of color] chromatics, spectrum analysis, spectroscopy; chromatism, chromatography, chromatology; prism, spectroscope., pigment, coloring matter, paint, dye, wash, distemper, stain; medium; mordant; oil paint, painting [more].
-verbs
color, dye, tinge, stain, tint, tinct, paint, wash, ingrain, grain, illuminate, emblazon, bedizen, imbue; paint (fine art).
-adjectives
colored; colorific, tingent, tinctorial; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; chromatogenous; tingible., bright, vivid, intense, deep; fresh, unfaded; rich, gorgeous; gay., gaudy, florid; gay, garish; rainbow-colored, multihued; showy, flaunting, flashy; raw, crude; glaring, flaring; discordant, inharmonious., mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.
Antonyms: achromatism
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