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Synonyms for canvas
ˈkæn vəscan·vas

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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 2 votes

  1. canvas, canvassnoun

    a heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents)

    Synonyms:
    canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

  2. canvas, canvassnoun

    an oil painting on canvas fabric

    Synonyms:
    canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

  3. canvas, canvassnoun

    the setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account

    "the crowded canvas of history"; "the movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound"

    Synonyms:
    canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

  4. canvas tent, canvas, canvassnoun

    a tent made of canvas fabric

    Synonyms:
    canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

  5. sail, canvas, canvass, sheetnoun

    a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

    Synonyms:
    rag, canvas tent, bed sheet, public opinion poll, weather sheet, plane, sheet, flat solid, tack, sheet of paper, sail, canvass, shroud, poll, tabloid, mainsheet, opinion poll, piece of paper, cruise

  6. canvas, canvassverb

    the mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete

    "the boxer picked himself up off the canvas"

    Synonyms:
    canvas tent, poll, sail, canvass, opinion poll, sheet, public opinion poll

  7. canvass, canvasverb

    solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign

    Synonyms:
    analyse, canvass, poll, analyze, study, examine

  8. poll, canvass, canvasverb

    get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions

    Synonyms:
    analyze, poll, study, canvass, examine, analyse, pollard

  9. canvasverb

    cover with canvas

    "She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks"

    Synonyms:
    analyse, study, poll, canvass, analyze, examine

  10. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvasverb

    consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

    "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

    Synonyms:
    examine, contemplate, try out, psychoanalyse, consider, essay, meditate, psychoanalyze, break down, hit the books, test, learn, dissect, canvass, analyse, read, take apart, study, poll, take, try, analyze, probe, prove, see

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 2 votes

  1. canvasnoun

    Synonyms:
    tarpaulin, coutil

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "canvas":

    toile, painting, weave, web, cloth, sling, twill, screen, ticking, tarp

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How to use canvas in a sentence?

  1. Meta Chavannes:

    He had so little money that he bought canvases from flea markets, you know he painted on any canvas he got his hands on, so a bed sheet, or a night shirt, even a tablecloth.

  2. Akram Al Deek:

    I have poetry on my body and the idea is my body is mine to use and abuse, it's mine. It's not God's or anybody else's. It's mine. I'm a writer and I see myself as a canvas, as a space where I can write as well.

  3. Tretyakov Gallery:

    As a result of the blows the thick glass ... was smashed, serious damage was done to the painting. The canvas was pierced in three places in the central part of the work which depicts the figure of the tsarevich (the tsar's son).

  4. Ramana Pemmaraju:

    I love women more on canvas than real life, for they seldom change on canvas!”

  5. Martin Nolan:

    We have softballs stitched up in canvas but we haven't definitively established yet that we have that first ball. If that ball was to exist it would be phenomenal.


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