colorful
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2.1
- adjective
- /ˈkʌlərfəl/
- US
- A haven for writers as well as artists, it is a colorful place where picture possibilities abound.
- a colorful character
- a colorful personality
- a colorful description
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Watch on YouTubeSo yeah, it's bright, it's colorful, it's pop, it's love.
- So yeah, it's bright, it's colorful, it's pop, it's love.
- But she was a very outspoken and colourful person.
- The teenager who called me Osama with a few colorful adjectives alongside that.
- His books are full of colorful, inappropriate, wild people.
- Oh, this is very colorful, very festive, very fun.
- Kinetic cities, incredible music, like colorful and beautiful cultures and traditions.
- And I'll just say that you used adjectives and colorful language to describe the handshake.
- And and somebody like Stormy is colorful and it's quite a show to mark.
Examples
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You have quite a colorful past, Kelly.
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What a colorful life you lead.
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But it's a very bright, colorful spring collection.
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There were, of course, many interesting and colorful individuals associated with the mountain.
Academic text (1999) -
Oh, this is very colorful, very festive, very fun.
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Their discovery and subsequent study have produced colorful characters, weird events, and plenty of conflicts.
Academic text (1994) -
Beautiful zinnias, so colorful and just happy.
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Roebling, founder of a dynasty, was a colorful example of the giants of engineering of his era.
Academic text (2012) -
Consuelo was sitting on the couch, staring at the colorful closing credits on the TV screen.
Fiction book (1998) -
The artist created a colorful mural that brightened up the entire street.
Synonyms
257
1.0
Having a strong, vivid color that is easy to notice
42
3.0
Very bright and clear in color and easy to notice
24
3.6
Full of bright, strong colors that attract attention
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1.2
A thing that has strong, vivid colors
14
3.0
Very bright and strong in color
11
2.9
Having many different bright colors
7
2.6
Having parts of different bright colors
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3.5
Having parts of different bright colors
1
3.2
Having parts with different bright colors, like a rug or scarf
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7.5
Having many bright colors
1
5.9
Having many different colors
1
7.5
Having many different colors like a rainbow
Full of bright colors and patterns that change quickly
Showing many colors like a bright painting or butterfly
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
A small flashing picture with bright colors used to decorate web pages or profiles
How Interesting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Colorful comes from the word color 'hue' and the ending -ful 'full of'. So when we call a story or a life colorful we mean it is 'full of life' or 'interesting and vivid'.