Synonyms for iridescent
ˌɪr ɪˈdɛs əntiri·des·cent

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1. iridescent

   Synonyms:
   prismatic, opaline, polychromatous, nacreous

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, blanched, neutral, dingy, colorless, etiolated, monochromatic

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1. changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shotadjective

   varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

   "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent"

   Synonyms:
   changeable, mutable, opaline, shot, pearlescent, nacreous, opalescent, changeful, chatoyant, uncertain, unsettled

   Antonyms:
   colourless, colorless, dull

2. iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescentadjective

   having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

   "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster"

   Synonyms:
   changeable, pearlescent, shot, nacreous, opalescent, chatoyant, opaline

   Antonyms:
   colorless, dull, colourless

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1. iridescentadjective

   Synonyms:
   irisated, nacreous, pavonine

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1. iridescentadjective

   Synonyms:
   prismatic, nacreous

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1. Chad Eliason:

   Hummingbirds have bright, iridescent feathers, but if you took a hummingbird feather and smashed it into tiny pieces, you’d only see black dust. The pigment in the feathers is black, but the shapes of the melanosomes that produce that pigment are what make the colors in hummingbird feathers that we see.

2. 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.