Home › Words › P › prepaintprepaintprepaint means to paint in advance.EtymologyFrom pre- + paint.verbTo paint in advance.e.g.“Naturally, some forming operations will damage the prepainted finish […]” — 1967, Charles A Harper, Handbook of plastics and elastomers:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.preapply 71% match — To apply in advance. vs prepaint →prepaste 71% match — To paste in advance. vs prepaint →precoloring 70% match — coloring in advance vs prepaint →precoat 69% match — To coat in advance of another process vs prepaint →prebuy 69% match — To buy in advance. vs prepaint →predye 67% match — To dye in advance. vs prepaint →prewrap 67% match — To wrap in advance. vs prepaint →preprocess 67% match — To process in advance. vs prepaint →