Synonyms for colorful
ˈkʌl ər fəlcol·or·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. colorful, colourfuladjective

   having striking color

   "colorful autumn leaves"

   Synonyms:
   coloured, colourful

   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

2. colorful, colourfuladjective

   striking in variety and interest

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

   Synonyms:
   coloured, colourful

   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

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"

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

   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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:1.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "colorful":

   colourful, picturesque, coloured, color, scenic, stained

How to pronounce colorful?

How to say colorful in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use colorful in a sentence?

1. Jurgen Otto:

   They are very, very colorful, they often have iridescent scales and they do something quite remarkable. They perform a courtship dance for females, to impress them.

2. Troy Thibodeau:

   A card in lesser condition of a stiff who never made it into the Hall of Fame might go for as little as $100, these are truly pieces of art. They're colorful, they're bright, they're folky, they're Americana.

3. Courtesy Loni James:

   I’ve never had a man put so much effort in a date, there was so much food, it was so colorful. I tried all these new things. Egyptian food is amazing.

4. Wesley D'Amico:

   Imagination transforms the black and white photo into a colorful keepsake.

5. 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.