CANVAS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CANVAS?

Need another word that means the same as “canvas”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “canvas” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Canvas” are: canvass, sail, sheet, canvas tent, painting, picture, drawing, sketch, likeness, image, study, representation, portrayal, depiction, solicit, seek, drum up

Canvas as a Noun

Definitions of "Canvas" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “canvas” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting.
• A tent made of canvas fabric.
• A variety of canvas with an open weave, used as a basis for tapestry and embroidery.
• Either of a racing boat's tapering ends, originally covered with canvas.
• A strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting.
• The canvas-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring.
• A heavy, closely woven fabric (used for clothing or chairs or sails or tents.
• The mat that forms the floor of the ring in which boxers or professional wrestlers compete.
• An oil painting.
• A large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel.
• An oil painting on canvas fabric.
• The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.

Synonyms of "Canvas" as a noun (14 Words)

canvas tent	The setting for a narrative or fictional or dramatic account.
canvass	An act of canvassing. A house to house canvass.
depiction	Representation by drawing or painting etc. Michelangelo s depictions of the male nude.
drawing	The art or activity of making drawings. She took lessons in drawing.
image	A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. A public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty.
likeness	Similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things. Man created God in his own likeness.
painting	The action or skill of using paint, either in a picture or as decoration. A small painting by Picasso.
picture	Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone.
portrayal	A word picture of a person’s appearance and character. The media portrayal of immigration.
representation	A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image. A Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California.
sail	Any structure that resembles a sail. The boat can no longer carry that area of sail.
sheet	A quantity of text or other information contained on a sheet of paper. He produced yet another sheet of figures.
sketch	A comical or amusing person or thing. You can see how the first movement evolved from the composer s sketches.
study	A room used for reading and writing and studying. The third bedroom was used as a study.

Usage Examples of "Canvas" as a noun

• Turner's late canvases.
• A thunderous uppercut sent him crashing to the canvas.
• They found a canvas and he seated his model.
• The crowded canvas of history.
• The boxer picked himself up off the canvas.
• A canvas bag.
• The painting is oil on canvas.
• The movie demanded a dramatic canvas of sound.
• She sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas.
• He is used to painting large canvases.

Canvas as a Verb

Definitions of "Canvas" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “canvas” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.
• Get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions.
• Cover with canvas.
• Solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign.

Synonyms of "Canvas" as a verb (3 Words)

drum up	Play a percussion instrument.
seek	Go to or towards. Seek happiness.
solicit	Make a solicitation or entreaty for something request urgently or persistently. He called a meeting to solicit their views.

Usage Examples of "Canvas" as a verb

• The door had been canvassed over.
• She canvassed the walls of her living room so as to conceal the ugly cracks.

Associations of "Canvas" (30 Words)

acrylic	An acrylic paint. Washes of white acrylic.
baize	A bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables.
boll	The rounded seed capsule of plants such as cotton or flax.
cloth	A piece of cloth for cleaning or covering something e g a dishcloth or a tablecloth. A cloth bag.
cotton	Textile fabric made from cotton fibre. A cotton reel.
drape	A cloth for covering parts of a patient’s body other than that part on which a surgical operation is being performed. Velvet drapes beautifully.
fabric	Artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers. The fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent.
facing	Positioned so as to face. Two facing pages.
felt	Make into felt mat together. Felt the wool.
flannel	Men s trousers made of flannel. He was dressed in a tweed jacket and grey flannels.
knit	Garment made of a knitted fabric. The experience knitted the men together.
leather	Whip with a leather strap. He caught me and leathered me black and blue.
linen	White goods or clothing made with linen cloth. The linen cupboard.
lining	The act of attaching an inside lining to a garment or curtain etc. Self clean oven linings.
nylon	Fabric or yarn made from nylon fibres. The tent is made of blue nylon.
padding	Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort. Avoid waffle or padding in your essay.
paint	Apply a liquid to e g paint the gutters with linseed oil. I painted a woman sitting next to a table lamp.
painting	Creating a picture with paints. A small painting by Picasso.
plush	Characterized by extravagance and profusion. A plush Mayfair flat.
plywood	A type of strong thin wooden board consisting of two or more layers glued and pressed together with the direction of the grain alternating. Plywood benches.
quilted	(of a garment, bed covering, etc.) made of two layers of cloth filled with padding held in place by lines of stitching. A blue quilted jacket.
sheet	Come down as if in sheets. Sheet the body.
silk	The silky styles of the female maize flower. Some were dressed in racing silks.
textile	Used by nudists in reference to non-nudists. Textile beaches.
thread	A programming structure or process formed by linking a number of separate elements or subroutines especially each of the tasks executed concurrently in multithreading. A major thread running through the book is the primacy of form over substance.
upholstery	The craft of upholstering. Leather upholstery.
veneer	Cover with veneer. A fine grained veneer.
weft	(in weaving) the crosswise threads on a loom that are passed over and under the warp threads to make cloth. Weft threads.
wool	Yarn or textile fibre made from wool. Her blue wool suit.
yarn	Tell or spin a yarn. He sat yarning to his mother.