colourful

Questions about colourful

What does colourful mean?

colourful means "striking in variety and interest". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in colourful?

colourful has 3 syllables: co-lour-ful. The stress falls on "co".

What is another word for colourful?

Close synonyms include colorful, colorful. 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 colourful?

The recorded antonyms are colourless.

Is colourful a common word?

colourful 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.