Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for canvas.
Definitions

canvas

[kan-vuhs] / ˈkæn vəs /


NOUN
painting on coarse material
Synonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

They merely project modern anxieties onto the canvas of an imagined ancient Rome.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The fight continued and Wilder pushed Chisora over in the fifth before landing after the bell in the sixth, while both men tumbled to the canvas more than once.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Dick’s aim is to capture the glories of the region on canvas, but he also falls for Doris Owen, his host’s daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

As he ran, a three-quarters-full moon was slowly descending against a vast canvas of multicolored stars.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




Vocabulary lists containing canvas