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Synonyms for rainbow

  • adjective
  • noun

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Multipartisan — made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions

multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multipartisan

Noun

iris formal, spectrum

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Made up of several races or ethnicities, or (more broadly) of several cultural or ideological factions.

    That Asian-American actor Thomas Ikeda contributes a pleasingly frantic Panthino would not be considered rainbow enough.

  2. n. 1

    A multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air.

Forms

Plural
rainbows → irises, spectrums…

Example sentences

  • variegated Ziri has many variegated varieties of ivy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rainbowrising
multipartisansteady
variegatedfalling
polychromaticsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
iris2
6 letters
motley2
8 letters
spectrum2
9 letters
multihued
10 letters
variegated4
13 letters
polychromatic, multipartisan

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (iris2 = 2 syllables).