Synonyms for metallic
məˈtæl ɪkmetal·lic

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1. metallicnoun

   a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal

   Antonyms:
   nonmetallic, nonmetal, metalloid

2. metallicadjective

   a yarn made partly or entirely of metal

   Antonyms:
   metalloid, nonmetallic, nonmetal

3. metallic, metal(a)adjective

   containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal

   "a metallic compound"; "metallic luster"; "the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce

   Antonyms:
   nonmetallic, metalloid, nonmetal

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1. List of paraphrases for "metallic":

   metal, metals, leakproofness, mineral

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1. Paris Match:

   One can hear cries of 'My God' in several languages, metallic banging can also be heard more than three times, perhaps of the pilot trying to open the cockpit door with a heavy object. Towards the end, after a heavy shake, stronger than the others, the screaming intensifies. Then nothing.

2. Milan Kundera:

   Woman is the future of man. That means that the world which was once formed in man's image will now be transformed to the image of woman. The more technical and mechanical, cold and metallic it becomes, the more it will need the kind of warmth that only the woman can give it. If we want to save the world, we must adapt to the woman, let ourselves be led by the woman, let ourselves be penetrated by the Ewigweiblich, the eternally feminine!

3. John Zhu:

   Water is just like wine, the sources and minerals determine the taste, if the water has a lot of calcium, it tastes sweet and chalky. If it's rich in magnesium, it tastes metallic. If it contains sodium, it tastes salty.

4. Charlotte Brontë:

   Something of vengeance I had tasted for the first time; as aromatic wine it seemed, on swallowing, warm and racy: its after-flavor, metallic and corroding, gave me a sensation as if I had been poisoned.

5. Roxanne Spruance:

   Gold leaf doesn’t really have a taste other than being metallic.