What's another word for a painter?

Another word for a painter depends on whether you mean artistic painter or house painter. For artistic painter who creates art, synonyms include artist, fine artist, visual artist, illustrator, portraitist, landscape painter, muralist, watercolorist, oil painter, and creator. For example, painter of portraits could be called portraitist, painter of walls in art sense could be muralist. For house painter or professional who paints buildings, synonyms include house painter, decorator, interior decorator, painting contractor, paint contractor, tradesman, and in British English decorator. Slang or informal terms for painter include brushman, dauber sometimes derogatory for bad painter, and artisan. More elevated terms include master painter, maestro, or old master for historical great painter. If you mean someone who paints for work, you could say painting professional or painting specialist. So best alternative for artistic painter is artist or visual artist, and for house painter is decorator or painting contractor. Choose based on context, artist for creative painter and decorator for building painter, as painter can mean both art and trade, so synonym must match intended meaning.