colorful

adjective

1. having striking color (Freq. 6)

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colorful autumn leaves

• Syn: ↑colourful

• Ant: ↑colorless

• Similar to:

↑ablaze, ↑bright, ↑brilliant, ↑vivid, ↑changeable, ↑chatoyant, ↑iridescent, ↑shot, ↑deep, ↑rich, ↑fluorescent, ↑prismatic, ↑psychedelic, ↑shrill, ↑vibrant

• See Also: ↑chromatic

• Attrubites: ↑color, ↑colour, ↑vividness

2. striking in variety and interest (Freq. 3)

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a colorful period of history

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a colorful character

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colorful language

• Syn: ↑colourful

• Ant: ↑colourless (for: ↑colourful), ↑colorless

• Similar to:

↑brave, ↑braw, ↑gay, ↑flashy, ↑gaudy, ↑jazzy, ↑showy, ↑sporty, ↑many-sided, ↑noisy, ↑picturesque

3. having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

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colored crepe paper

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the film was in color

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amber-colored heads of grain

• Syn: ↑colored, ↑coloured

• Ant: ↑uncolored (for: ↑colored)

• Similar to:

↑crimson, ↑red, ↑reddened, ↑red-faced, ↑flushed, ↑bay, ↑bicolor, ↑bicolour, ↑bicolored, ↑bicoloured, ↑bichrome, ↑dichromatic, ↑black, ↑blackened, ↑blue-flowered, ↑brightly-colored, ↑brightly-coloured, ↑buff-colored, ↑buff-coloured, ↑chestnut-colored, ↑chestnut-coloured, ↑chocolate-colored, ↑chocolate-coloured, ↑cinnamon colored, ↑cinnamon coloured, ↑cinnamon-colored, ↑cinnamon-coloured, ↑cinnamon-red, ↑cream-colored, ↑creamy-colored, ↑creamy-white, ↑dark-colored, ↑dark-coloured, ↑dusky-colored, ↑dusky-coloured, ↑dun-colored, ↑dun-coloured, ↑fawn-colored, ↑fawn-coloured, ↑flame-colored, ↑flame-coloured, ↑flesh-colored, ↑flesh-coloured, ↑garnet-colored, ↑garnet-coloured, ↑ginger, ↑gingery, ↑gold-colored, ↑gold-coloured, ↑honey-colored, ↑honey-coloured, ↑indigo, ↑lead-colored, ↑lead-coloured, ↑liver-colored, ↑liver, ↑metal-colored, ↑metal-coloured, ↑metallic-colored, ↑metallic-coloured, ↑monochromatic, ↑monochrome, ↑monochromic, ↑monochromous, ↑motley, ↑calico, ↑multicolor, ↑multi-color, ↑multicolour, ↑multi-colour, ↑multicolored, ↑multi-colored, ↑multicoloured, ↑multi-coloured, ↑painted, ↑particolored, ↑particoloured, ↑piebald, ↑pied, ↑varicolored, ↑varicoloured, ↑neutral-colored, ↑neutral-coloured, ↑olive-colored, ↑olive-coloured, ↑orange-colored, ↑orange-coloured, ↑orange-hued, ↑orange-flowered, ↑pale-colored, ↑pale-hued, ↑pastel-colored, ↑peach-colored, ↑polychromatic, ↑polychrome, ↑polychromic, ↑purple-flowered, ↑red-flowered, ↑roan, ↑rose-colored, ↑rosy-colored, ↑rust-colored, ↑silver-colored, ↑straw-colored, ↑straw-coloured, ↑tawny-colored, ↑tawny-coloured, ↑trichromatic, ↑trichrome, ↑tricolor, ↑violet-colored, ↑violet-coloured, ↑violet-flowered, ↑violet-purple

• Attrubites: ↑color, ↑colour, ↑coloring, ↑colouring