colorful
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colorful
- /ˈkʌl.ə.fl̩/ UK
- /ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/ US
- /ˈkə.lə.fʊl/ South Asia
- /kəˈlɜʳ.fʊl/ South Asia
- [kɐ.lɜ(ː)(ɾ).fʊl] South Asia
Where it comes from
From color + -ful.
adjective more colorful · most colorful · colourful
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Possessing prominent and varied colors.
a colourful display of flowers
Similar: motley
- Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive. He had a colourful career in the music industry.
- Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language). Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.
Similar: multicolored, polychromatic
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: colored, multicolored, multicolor, particoloured, particolored, varicoloured, hued, colourful, polychromatic, coloured, multicoloured, pied, bicolored, bicolor, resplendent, bicolour
adjective
Similar: multicolored, polychromatic
Translations
Every language
adj possessing prominent and varied colors
| Español | lleno, de color, lleno de color |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | カラフル |
| 中文 | 豔 /艳 yàn |
| हिन्दी | रंगीला raṅgīlā, रंगीन raṅgīn |
| Kiswahili | ya rangi nyingi |
| Português | colorido |
| Français | coloré |
| Deutsch | bunt, kunterbunt, farbig, farbenprächtig, farbenfroh, farbenreich |
| Italiano | colorato, variopinto, vivace |
| Ελληνικά | πολύχρωμος polýchromos |
| Română | colorat, multicolor |
| Русский | разноцве́тный raznocvétnyj, цвета́стый cvetástyj, я́ркий járkij |
| Tiếng Việt | rực rỡ, sặc sỡ |
| עברית | צִבְעוֹנִי tsiv'oni |
adj interesting, multifaceted
| Español | de color |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 豐富多彩 /丰富多彩 fēngfùduōcǎi |
| Français | coloré |
| Deutsch | farbig |
| Română | colorat |
| Русский | колори́тный kolorítnyj, я́ркий járkij |
| Tiếng Việt | đầy nghị lực, đầy sinh lực |
Talk about this word "colorful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/colorful. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. colorful. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/colorful "colorful." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/colorful.Cite this
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title = {colorful},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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