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Antonyms for colorful
ˈkʌl ər fəlcol·or·ful

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  1. colorful, colourfuladjective

    having striking color

    "colorful autumn leaves"

    Antonyms:
    washed-out, etiolate, whitened, pastelike, dulled, blanched, pallid, somber, waxlike, colourless, pale, waxen, waxy, sober, faded, etiolated, sombre, colorless, livid, bloodless, lurid, ashen, prefaded, pasty, washy, wan, drab, bleached, greyed, white, neutral

    Synonyms:
    coloured, colourful

  2. colorful, colourfuladjective

    striking in variety and interest

    "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

    Antonyms:
    neutral, colorless, waxlike, sober, greyed, ashen, somber, waxy, etiolated, bleached, drab, white, pallid, washed-out, waxen, pale, lurid, washy, bloodless, whitened, colourless, dulled, pasty, wan, blanched, pastelike, faded, livid, etiolate, sombre, prefaded

    Synonyms:
    coloured, colourful

  3. colored, coloured, colorfuladjective

    having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination

    "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"

    Antonyms:
    pallid, blanched, white, wan, waxy, ashen, lurid, colourless, pasty, prefaded, somber, bleached, waxen, etiolate, pastelike, sombre, pale, whitened, colorless, livid, washy, drab, faded, greyed, sober, etiolated, dulled, waxlike, neutral, bloodless, washed-out

    Synonyms:
    slanted, dark, biased, colourful, bleached, dyed, non-white, one-sided, coloured, dark-skinned

How to use colorful in a sentence?

  1. Gary Condit:

    Throughout the investigation, we met a lot of colorful characters, and some things that were said were surprising. The majority were just people who wanted to get their 15 minutes and there was n’t much we [ could have done ] with that information.

  2. Reiko Ohno:

    There were hopes in society that something good would happen when Prime Minister Abe's government started, that timing matched the momentum when the fashion industry was trying to introduce colorful items.

  3. Joshua Schaffzin:

    Kids tolerate masks really well. Kids tolerate masks a lot more than adults give them credit for, especially if you make it fun, if you make it colorful or something that they enjoy, kids will not only have no problem but they'll want to wear the masks.

  4. Linzy Bacbotte:

    It's a melting pot, curry from India, noodles from China, it's very colorful, all the spices. And if you want a snack, the dried fish. It's yum.

  5. Walter Raleigh:

    No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#5908neutral
#9332pale
#9703wan
#10207colorful
#18087faded
#19532sober
#38890colorless
#41014bleached
#43052drab
#47762somber
#54519waxy
#56410livid
#59538sombre
#61729pasty
#62489lurid
#70175ashen
#72491bloodless
#77536colourless
#78143pallid
#81132blanched
#94903washy
#95683dulled
#96455greyed
#137368whitened
#194502waxen
#244840etiolated

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