Synonyms for colorful
- adjective
- American English
Most common
rich brilliant vivid flashy multi-colored motley trichromatic
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Bright
bright, vivid, flashy, rich, brilliant, gaudy, picturesque, showy, brave, garish, gay dated
2. Motley
multi-colored, multicolored US, multicoloured UK, motley, polychromatic, colored US, coloured UK, prismatic, polychrome, polychromic, multicolor US, multicolour UK, variegated
3. Tricolor
tricolor US, tricolour UK, bicolor US, bicolour UK, trichromatic, dichromatic, bicolored US, bicoloured UK
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Possessing prominent and varied colors.
a colourful display of flowers
- adj. 2
Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
He had a colourful career in the music industry.
- adj. 3
Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
Related words
- Other spellings
- colourful UK
Example sentences
- rich Even if I were rich, I wouldn't give money to him.
- brilliant Even if it's not true, it's a brilliant invention.
- vivid The author's language is vivid, supple and nuanced.
- flashy Yanni bought Skura flashy and expensive things.
- motley A motley crew of educators and students gathered at the seminar.
By length
- 3 letters
- gay1
- 4 letters
- shot1, rich1
- 5 letters
- brave1, vivid2, gaudy2, showy2
- 6 letters
- bright1, flashy2, motley2, garish2
- 7 letters
- colored2, bicolor
- 8 letters
- coloured2, tricolor, bicolour
- 9 letters
- brilliant2, prismatic3, tricolour, bicolored
- 10 letters
- variegated4, multicolor4, polychrome3, bicoloured
- 11 letters
- picturesque3, multicolour, dichromatic, polychromic
- 12 letters
- multicolored4, trichromatic
- 13 letters
- multicoloured, polychromatic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vivid2 = 2 syllables).