Thesaurus:multicolored

Thesaurus

multicolored

English

Adjective

Sense: having multiple colors

Detail: Often implying bright and prominent colors.

Synonyms

• aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured (UK, Canada)
• colorful (US) / colourful (UK, Canada)
• colorific
• discolored    [⇒ thesaurus] (US, obsolete) / discoloured (UK, Canada, obsolete)
• kaleidoscopic
• many-coloured
• motley
• multichromatic
• multicolor (US) / multicolour (UK, Canada)
• multicolored (US) / multicoloured (UK, Canada)
• multicolorous
• multihued
• particolored (US) / particoloured (UK, Canada)
• polychromate
• polychromatic
• polychromed
• polyhued (rare)
• prismatic
• rainbow
• rainbow-colored (US) / rainbow-coloured (UK, Canada)
• tissued
• variegated

Antonyms

• achromatic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• colorless
• dim    [⇒ thesaurus]
•   —

Having one color:

• monochrome
• monochromatic
• monocolor
• monocoloured
• self-coloured
• unicolor
• unicolored

Hyponyms

• brockle
• technicolor (US) / technicolour (UK, Canada)
•   —

Having two colors:

• bichrome
• bicolour
• bicoloured
• duocolor
• dichromatic
• two-tone
•   —

Having three colors:

• trichromatic
• trichrome
• tricolored
• tricolour
•   —

Having four colors:

• quadchromatic
• quadricolor
• quadricolored
• tetracolored
•   —

Having five colors:

• pentacolor
• pentacolored
• quincolor

Hypernyms

• colored    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:gaudy

Further reading

• “428. color” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “multicolored” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.