/ Thesaurus / A Synonyms of ashcan school Find synonyms for: Noun1. Ashcan School, Eight, school, artistic movement, art movementusage: a group of United States painters founded in 1907 and noted for their realistic depictions of sordid aspects of city life2. Ash Can, Ashcan school, artistic movement, art movementusage: early 20th-century United States painting; portrays realistic and sordid scenes of city lifeWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: denizen Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language