painter

Someone who makes pictures with paint or puts paint on buildings and other surfaces.

• My sister is a painter.
• The painter showed us her latest landscape.
• We hired a painter to decorate the house.

Common phrases: a talented painter, a portrait painter, a house painter

Someone whose job is to put paint on walls, buildings, or other surfaces.

• The painter painted our kitchen.
• Two painters worked on the outside walls.
• Have you found a painter for the hallway?

Similar words: decorator

Common phrases: a house painter, a professional painter, hire a painter