What does colorful mean?

colorful means "having much or varied color". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in colorful?

colorful has 3 syllables: col-or-ful. The stress falls on "col". In IPA it is /ˈkʌlɚfəl/.

What is another word for colorful?

Close synonyms include colourful, colourful, colored, coloured. 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.

What is the opposite of colorful?

The recorded antonyms are colorless, colorless.

Is colorful a common word?

colorful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

colorful — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having much or varied color
“colorful autumn leaves”
Synonymscolourful
Antonymscolorless
Similarablaze bright changeable deep fluorescent prismatic psychedelic shrill
2.
striking in variety and interest
“a colorful period of history”
“a colorful character”
“colorful language”
Synonymscolourful
Antonymscolorless
Similarbrave flashy many-sided noisy picturesque
3.
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
“colored crepe paper”
“the film was in color”
“amber-colored heads of grain”
Synonymscolored coloured
Similarcrimson bay bicolor black blue-flowered brightly-colored buff-colored chestnut-colored

Questions about colorful

What does colorful mean?: colorful means "having much or varied color". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in colorful?: colorful has 3 syllables: col-or-ful. The stress falls on "col". In IPA it is /ˈkʌlɚfəl/.
What is another word for colorful?: Close synonyms include colourful, colourful, colored, coloured. 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.
What is the opposite of colorful?: The recorded antonyms are colorless, colorless.
Is colorful a common word?: colorful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for colorful come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having much or varied color
“colorful autumn leaves”
Synonymscolourful
Antonymscolorless
Similarablaze bright changeable deep fluorescent prismatic psychedelic shrill
2.
striking in variety and interest
“a colorful period of history”
“a colorful character”
“colorful language”
Synonymscolourful
Antonymscolorless
Similarbrave flashy many-sided noisy picturesque
3.
having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination
“colored crepe paper”
“the film was in color”
“amber-colored heads of grain”
Synonymscolored coloured
Similarcrimson bay bicolor black blue-flowered brightly-colored buff-colored chestnut-colored

Questions about colorful

What does colorful mean?: colorful means "having much or varied color". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in colorful?: colorful has 3 syllables: col-or-ful. The stress falls on "col". In IPA it is /ˈkʌlɚfəl/.
What is another word for colorful?: Close synonyms include colourful, colourful, colored, coloured. 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.
What is the opposite of colorful?: The recorded antonyms are colorless, colorless.
Is colorful a common word?: colorful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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