🚫 A person not painting 🚫 Not painting

nonpainter

4.6

Describes someone who does not paint as a job or hobby

adjective
/nɒnˈpeɪntər/

: no pintor

Many nonpainter volunteers helped set up the gallery for the exhibition.

Examples

As a nonpainter, she preferred to admire art rather than create it herself.
The workshop was open to both painters and nonpainters interested in learning new skills.
She is a nonpainter.
He is a nonpainter who prefers photography.
As a nonpainter, she preferred to admire art rather than create it herself.
The workshop welcomed nonpainters who were eager to learn about art appreciation.
Even as a nonpainter, he found joy in visiting art galleries and museums.

Antonyms

painter

172 1.0

A person who makes pictures using colour on canvas or paper

Surface Forms

nonpainter positive

Morphology

nonpainter = painter (transparent) = non + paint + er

The meaning is clearly derived from 'painter' with the prefix 'non-' indicating someone who does not paint.

Etymology

Nonpainter is made from the negative prefix non- ('not') and painter (from paint, 'to put color on something'), so as an adjective it describes someone who is 'not a painter', for example when talking about a person's role or hobby.