varnishes

The word “varnishes” has 3 syllables: var-nish-es

It's pronounced as /ˈvɑr.nɪ.ʃɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for varnishes?

In the thesaurus, “varnishes” has 62 synonyms and 2 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for varnishes along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for varnishes

  • Potemkin villages
  • Trojan horses
  • blankets
  • blinds
  • bobs
  • bones
  • brightens
  • buffs
  • burnishes
  • camouflages
  • cloaks
  • coats
  • concealers
  • copes
  • cover-ups
  • coverings
  • covers
  • covertures
  • curtains
  • disguises
  • dresses
  • facades
  • faces
  • fig leafs
  • fig leaves
  • files
  • finishes
  • furbishes
  • glazes
  • glosses
  • grinds
  • hoods
  • japans
  • lacquers
  • laps
  • mantles
  • masks
  • palls
  • penumbrae
  • penumbras
  • polishes
  • rasps
  • robes
  • rubs
  • sandblasts
  • sandpapers
  • sands
  • scours
  • scrapes
  • screens
  • scrubs
  • shields
  • shines
  • shrouds
  • sleeks
  • slicks
  • smoothens
  • smoothes
  • smooths
  • veils
  • veneers
  • wraps

Antonyms for varnishes

  • roughens
  • ruffles

Meanings of varnishes

  • noun
    1. A type of paint with a solvent that evaporates to leave a hard, transparent, glossy film.
    2. Anything resembling such a paint; glossy appearance.
    3. (by extension) A deceptively showy appearance.
    4. A passenger train, probably derived from the varnished passenger cars used at one time.

Example Sentences

  • The carpenter carefully varnishes the table to give it a smooth, glossy finish.
  • Every year, she varnishes her wooden deck to protect it from the elements.
  • The artist varnishes his paintings to preserve the colors and add a professional touch.
  • After sanding down the surface, he varnishes the floor to restore its original shine.
  • She varnishes the antique chair to enhance its appearance and increase its durability.

On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to varnishes, such as: Potemkin villages, Trojan horses, blankets, blinds, bobs, bones, brightens.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

japans

lacquers

obscures

  • adumbrate
  • adumbrates
  • becloud
  • beclouds
  • bedim
  • bedims
  • befog
  • befogs
  • belie
  • belies
  • blackens
  • blankets
  • blear
  • blears
  • blind
  • block
  • block out
  • blocks
  • blots out
  • blur
  • blurs
  • buries
  • camouflage
  • camouflages
  • cloak
  • cloaks
  • cloud
  • cloud the issue
  • clouds
  • con
  • conceals
  • confuse
  • cover
  • cover up
  • covers
  • curtains
  • darken
  • darkens
  • dim
  • dims
  • disguise
  • disguises
  • dislimns
  • double-talk
  • eclipse
  • eclipses
  • enshrouds
  • equivocate
  • falsify
  • fog
  • fogs
  • fuzz
  • gilds
  • gloom
  • gray
  • haze
  • hazes
  • hides
  • mask
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  • misrepresent
  • mist
  • mists
  • muddy
  • muddy the waters
  • murk
  • obfuscate
  • obliterates
  • obstructs
  • occludes
  • occults
  • overcast
  • overcasts
  • overcloud
  • overclouds
  • overshadow
  • overshadows
  • papers over
  • pettifog
  • screen
  • screens
  • shade
  • shades
  • shadow
  • shadows
  • shroud
  • shrouds
  • smothers
  • stonewall
  • suppresses
  • throw up smoke screen
  • varnishes
  • veil
  • veils
  • whitewashes
  • wrap

palliates

  • abates
  • absolves
  • acquits
  • allays
  • alleviates
  • ameliorates
  • amends
  • apologizes
  • assuages
  • atones
  • betters
  • clears
  • confesses
  • corrects
  • cures
  • deodorizes
  • eases
  • emends
  • enhances
  • enriches
  • exculpates
  • excuses
  • exonerates
  • explains
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  • extenuates
  • fixes
  • heals
  • helps
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  • lessens
  • lightens
  • meliorates
  • mends
  • minimizes
  • mitigates
  • moderates
  • mollifies
  • perfects
  • plays down
  • rationalizes
  • rectifies
  • refines
  • reforms
  • relieves
  • remedies
  • repairs
  • soft-pedals
  • softens
  • soothes
  • sugarcoats
  • tempers
  • varnishes
  • vindicates
  • whitewashes

palls

  • Potemkin villages
  • Trojan horses
  • abates
  • alleviates
  • biers
  • blankets
  • blinds
  • body bags
  • boxes
  • camouflages
  • caskets
  • charnel houses
  • charnels
  • cloaks
  • clouds
  • coffins
  • collapses
  • compresses
  • concealers
  • condenses
  • constricts
  • contracts
  • copes
  • cover-ups
  • coverings
  • covers
  • covertures
  • crypts
  • curtains
  • de-escalates
  • declines
  • decreases
  • deflates
  • diminishes
  • disguises
  • dwindles
  • eases
  • ebbs
  • evaporates
  • facades
  • faces
  • falls
  • falls away
  • fig leafs
  • fig leaves
  • flags
  • fogs
  • gives out
  • glosses
  • hazes
  • hoods
  • lessens
  • lets up
  • lowers
  • mantles
  • masks
  • midnights
  • mists
  • moderates
  • murks
  • nights
  • penumbrae
  • penumbras
  • phases down
  • recedes
  • relaxes
  • relents
  • remits
  • robes
  • sarcophagi
  • sarcophaguses
  • screens
  • sepulchers
  • sepulchres
  • sepultures
  • shadows
  • shields
  • shrinks
  • shrouds
  • sinks
  • slackens
  • subsides
  • tapers
  • tapers off
  • tombs
  • umbrae
  • umbras
  • urns
  • vanishes
  • varnishes
  • vaults
  • veils
  • veneers
  • wanes
  • weakens
  • wraps

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