war paint

Questions about war paint

What does war paint mean?

war paint means "adornment consisting of paint applied to the face and body of certain Amerindians before a battle". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for war paint?

Close synonyms include makeup, make-up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is war paint a common word?

war paint is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.