variants
also canvass
as in painting
a picture created with oil paint
one canvas by Picasso is worth more money than most of us can imagine
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Worn by Austin Butler, Ben Affleck, Kit Connor, and just about every cool menswear guy out there, it’s made from organic cotton canvas and finished with a corduroy collar.
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Adam Cheung, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Placing smaller sections of wallpaper along the borders of an archway or the front of steps on staircases can highlight these unique elements, or bring more personality to builder-grade blank canvas spaces.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026
Matthieu Blazy even named the canvas Quadronno Bag after the bar.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
Fightland, that one is in the canvas.
—Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
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Adam Cheung, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026
Placing smaller sections of wallpaper along the borders of an archway or the front of steps on staircases can highlight these unique elements, or bring more personality to builder-grade blank canvas spaces.
—Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 6 Feb. 2026
Matthieu Blazy even named the canvas Quadronno Bag after the bar.
—Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2026
Fightland, that one is in the canvas.
—Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for canvas
painting
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The process of making those larger paintings has a little bit of an assembly-line aspect to it.—
Alex Bacon,
Artforum,
10 Feb. 2026
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There will be shopping, rides, henna and face painting.—
Alyson Rodriguez,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Canvas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/canvas. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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