COLORFUL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for COLORFUL?

Need another word that means the same as “colorful”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “colorful” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Colorful” are: colourful, colored, coloured

Colorful as an Adjective

Definitions of "Colorful" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “colorful” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Having much or varied color.
• Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination.
• Striking in variety and interest.
• Having striking color.

Synonyms of "Colorful" as an adjective (3 Words)

colored	Artificially produced; not natural. Colored crepe paper.
coloured	Having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral. Strings of coloured lights.
colourful	Having much or varied colour; bright. A colourful account.

Usage Examples of "Colorful" as an adjective

• Colorful language.
• A colorful period of history.
• A colorful character.
• Colorful autumn leaves.

Associations of "Colorful" (30 Words)

assorted	Consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds. Assorted sizes.
beautiful	(of weather) highly enjoyable. Beautiful country.
bright	Not made dim or less bright. A bright sunlit room.
cinnamon	Spice from the dried aromatic bark of the Ceylon cinnamon tree used as rolled strips or ground. A teaspoon of ground cinnamon.
color	Any material used for its color. A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light.
colored	Favoring one person or side over another. Colored crepe paper.
crystallized	Having both internal structure and external form of a crystal. Quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized.
iridescent	Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles. An iridescent oil slick.
monochromatic	Having only one wavelength. It employs diffraction to focus monochromatic light.
monochrome	(of a photograph or picture, or a television screen) consisting of or displaying images in black and white or in varying tones of only one colour.
motley	Make motley color with different colors. A motley of interacting interest groups.
onion	The plant that produces the onion with long rolled or straplike leaves and spherical heads of greenish white flowers. Cook the onion in the oil until lightly coloured.
opalescent	Showing many small points of shifting colour against a pale or dark ground. An opalescent sky.
painted	Lacking substance or vitality as if produced by painting. In public he wore a painted smile.
palette	Board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used. Our Essential Eyes palette has eight mix and match shades.
pep	Make someone or something more lively or interesting. This tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep.
picturesque	(of language) unusual and vivid. Ruined abbeys and picturesque villages.
piebald	A piebald horse. A piebald horse.
pied	Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly. Pied daisies.
polychrome	Color with many colors make polychrome. A precious polychrome ikon.
rainbow	An arch of colours visible in the sky caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun s light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere The colours of the rainbow are generally said to be red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet. A rainbow of medals decorated his chest.
roan	A roan animal. A blue roan.
stained	(of a material or object) coloured by application of a penetrative dye or chemical. Her ink stained fingers.
tricolor	Having or involving three colors. A tricolor process in photography.
vanilla	Flavored with vanilla extract. The original vanilla MP3 format is still the most commonly encountered form of the technology.
various	Distinctly dissimilar or unlike. Dresses of various colours.
vibrant	(of sound) strong or resonating. A vibrant cosmopolitan city.
vivid	Producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind. The rhododendron bush provides a vivid splash of mauve.
wonderful	Extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers. The climate was wonderful all the year round.