Word.ws English Dictionary

paint by numbers

paint by numbers verb: to complete a painting by numbers kit.

Verb

paint by numbers (third-person singular simple present paints by numbers, present participle painting by numbers, simple past and past participle painted by numbers)

  1. To complete a painting by numbers kit
  2. (figuratively) To perform something in the simplest way

Forms of paint by numbers

third-person singular presentpaints by numbers
present participlepainting by numbers
past participlepainted by numbers
pastpainted by numbers

Questions about paint by numbers

What does paint by numbers mean?
Paint by numbers means to complete a painting by numbers kit.
What part of speech is paint by numbers?
Paint by numbers is a verb.
What is the past tense of paint by numbers?
The past tense of paint by numbers is painted by numbers.

Words near paint by numbers in the dictionary

  1. paint bridges
  2. paint brush
  3. paint brushes
  4. paint bucket
  5. paint buckets
  6. paint by numbers
  7. Paint Creek
  8. paint down
  9. paint gun
  10. paint guns
  11. paint horse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: paint by numbers (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “paint by numbers.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/paint_by_numbers. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.