Meanings
nounartwork (countable and uncountable, plural artworks)
plural artworks
- countableA painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
A myriad of Hellenic artworks reflects the perceptions of the citizens of Ancient Greece.
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The most distinctive physical attribute of the space is the bright red metal sculpture that resembles one of Claes Oldenburg's oversized clothespins, only slightly deconstructed. The artwork may be enjoyed on its own terms, but ...
2000, Jerold S. Kayden, Privately Owned Public Space: the New York City ExperienceSynonyms: work of art, art piece, piece of art, art object
- uncountableArtistic work.
- uncountableThe graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work.
The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art.
More synonyms by meaning
nounphotographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
Broader
visual communication
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂értis
- Proto-Italic*artis
- Latinars
- Latinartem
- Old Frenchart
- Middle Englishart
- Englishart
- Englishartwork
Translations
Catalan obra, obra d'art
- obrapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra d'artpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Czech výtvarné dílo, dílo
- výtvarné dílopainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- dílopainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Danish kunstværk
- kunstværkpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Dutch kunstwerk
- kunstwerkpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Esperanto verko, artoverko
- verkopainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- artoverkopainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Finnish teos, taideteos
- teospainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- taideteospainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- taiteellinen työartistic work
- taidekäsityöartistic work
- kuvitusgraphical elements to be included in a reproduced work
French œuvre, œuvre d'art
- œuvrepainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- œuvre d'artpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
German Kunstwerk
- Kunstwerkpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Greek καλλιτέχνημα, καλλιτέχνημα
- καλλιτέχνημα (kallitéchnima)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- καλλιτέχνημα (kallitéchnima)artistic work
Hungarian műalkotás, mű
- műalkotáspainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- műpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- alkotáspainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- illusztrációgraphical elements to be included in a reproduced work
- grafikagraphical elements to be included in a reproduced work
Icelandic listaverk
- listaverkpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Indonesian karya seni
- karya seniartistic work
Italian lavoro, opera
- lavoropainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- operapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- opera d'artepainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- lavoro visivopainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- opera artisticaartistic work
- immaginegraphical elements to be included in a reproduced work
- elemento graficographical elements to be included in a reproduced work
Japanese 芸術作品, アートワーク
- 芸術作品 (geijutsusakuhin)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- アートワーク (ātowōku)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Lithuanian mẽno kūrinỹs
- mẽno kūrinỹspainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Māori mahinga toi
- mahinga toipainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Norwegian kunstverk
- kunstverkpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Polish dzieło sztuki, praca
- dzieło sztukipainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- pracaartistic work
- ilustracjagraphical elements to be included in a reproduced work
- grafikagraphical elements to be included in a reproduced work
Portuguese obra, obra de arte
- obrapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra de artepainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra de arteartistic work
Russian иску́сство, произведение искусства
- иску́сство (iskússtvo)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- произведение искусства (proizvedenije iskusstva)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- произведение (proizvedenije)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Spanish obra, obra artística
- obrapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra artísticapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra de artepainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra pictóricapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- obra creativapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Swahili sanaa
- sanaapainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Swedish konstverk
- konstverkpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Thai งานศิลป์, อาร์ตเวิร์ก
- งานศิลป์painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- อาร์ตเวิร์กpainting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
Ukrainian ви́твір, твір мистецтва
- ви́твір (výtvir)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- твір мистецтва (tvir mystectva)painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art
- тві́р мисте́цтва (tvír mystéctva)artistic work
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“artwork.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artwork. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artwork,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artwork.
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