chatoyant

1. 1.

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

   “changeable taffeta”

   “chatoyant (or shot) silk”

   “a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent”

   Synonymschangeableiridescentshot

   Similarcolorful

Other forms of chatoyant

comparative

chatoyanter·

superlative

chatoyantest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about chatoyant

What does chatoyant mean?

chatoyant means "varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles".

How many syllables are in chatoyant?

chatoyant has 2 syllables: cha-toyant. The stress falls on "cha".

What is another word for chatoyant?

Close synonyms include changeable, iridescent, shot. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chatoyant a common word?

chatoyant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.