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Synonyms of the word 
COLOURFUL → ABLAZE - BRAVE - BRIGHT - BRILLIANT - CHANGEABLE - CHATOYANT - CHROMATIC - COLORFUL - DEEP - FLAMBOYANT - FLAMING - FLASHY - FLUORESCENT - GAUDY - GAY - IRIDESCENT - JAZZY - LOUD - MANY-SIDED - NOISY - PICTURESQUE - PRISMATIC - PSYCHEDELIC - RICH - SHOT - SHOWY - SHRILL - SPORTY - UNRESTRAINED - VIBRANT - VIVIDcolourful- adj. British spelling standard spelling of colorful.
ablaze- adj. Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
- adj. Radiant with bright light and color.
- adj. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
- adv. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming.
- adv. Lit up brightly and with color.
- adv. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
brave- adj. Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
- adj. (obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
- adj. Making a fine show or display.
- n. (dated, possibly offensive) A Native American warrior.
- n. (obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
- n. (obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
- v. (transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
- v. (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.
bright- adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
- adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
- adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
- adj. Happy, in good.
- adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
- adj. Illustrious; glorious.
- adj. Clear; transparent.
- adj. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
- n. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle…
- n. (obsolete) splendour; brightness.
- n. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
- n. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.
brilliant- adj. Shining brightly.
- adj. (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
- adj. (of a voice or sound) having a sharp, clear tone.
- adj. Of surpassing excellence.
- adj. Magnificent or wonderful.
- adj. Highly intelligent.
- n. A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize…
- n. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
- n. Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
- n. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
changeable- adj. Capable of being changed.
- adj. Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
chatoyant- adj. (jewelry) Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of…
- n. (mineralogy) A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior,…
chromatic- adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
- adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
- adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…
colorful- adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
- adj. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
- adj. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).
deep- adj. (heading, of a physical distance) Extending far away from a point of reference, especially downwards.
- adj. (heading, intellectual, social) Complex, involved.
- adj. (sound, voice) Low in pitch.
- adj. (of a color) Dark and highly saturated.
- adj. (sleep) Sound, heavy (describing a state of sleep from which one is not easily awoken).
- adj. Immersed, submerged (in).
- adj. Muddy; boggy; sandy; said of roads.
- adv. Deeply.
- n. (literary, with "the") The deep part of a lake, sea, etc.
- n. (rare) A deep shade of colour.
- n. (US, rare) The profound part of a problem.
- n. (with "the") The sea, the ocean.
- n. (cricket) A fielding position near the boundary.
flamboyant- adj. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
- adj. (architecture) Referring to the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
- n. The royal poinciana (Delonix regia), a showy tropical tree.
flaming- adj. On fire with visible flames.
- adj. (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
- adj. (Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
- v. present participle of flame.
- n. Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
- n. (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.
flashy- adj. Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
- adj. (dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
fluorescent- adj. Of or relating to fluorescence.
- adj. Exhibiting or produced by fluorescence.
- adj. Emitting visible light as a result of the excitation of phosphors by ultraviolet photons produced by the…
- adj. Glowing as if with fluorescence; vivid.
- n. A fluorescent light.
gaudy- adj. very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
- adj. (obsolete) gay; merry; festive.
- n. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
- n. A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the…
gay- adj. (dated) Happy, joyful, and lively.
- adj. (dated) Festive, bright, or colourful.
- adj. (obsolete) Sexually promiscuous (of either gender).
- adj. Homosexual.
- adj. A pejorative.
- adj. (of a dog's tail) Upright or curved over the back.
- n. (chiefly in plural or attributive) A homosexual, especially a male homosexual; see also lesbian.
- n. (obsolete) An ornament.
- v. (transitive, dated, uncommon) To make happy or cheerful.
- v. (transitive, uncommon) To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated with homosexual people.
- n. The letter —, which stands for the sound /ɡ/, in Pitman shorthand.
iridescent- adj. (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
- adj. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.
jazzy- adj. In the style of jazz.
- adj. Flashy or showy.
loud- adj. (of a sound) Of great intensity.
- adj. (of a person, thing, event, etc.) Noisy.
- adj. (of a person, event, etc.) Not subtle or reserved, brash.
- adj. (of clothing, decorations, etc.) Having unpleasantly and tastelessly contrasting colours or patterns;…
- adj. (of marijuana, slang) High-quality; premium; (by extension) having a strong or pungent odour indicating…
- adv. Loudly.
- n. (slang) High-quality marijuana.
many-sided- adj. Having many sides; polygonal.
- adj. Having many aspects.
noisy- adj. Making a noise, especially a loud unpleasant sound.
- adj. Full of noise.
- adj. Unpleasant-looking and causing unwanted attention.
picturesque- adj. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting.
prismatic- adj. Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms.
- adj. Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant…
psychedelic- adj. Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception,…
- adj. (of graphics, etc.) Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations…
- n. Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed, causes perceptual changes…
- interj. (hippie slang) awesome, cool, groovy.
rich- adj. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
- adj. Having an intense fatty or sugary flavour.
- adj. Plentiful, abounding, abundant, fulfilling.
- adj. Yielding large returns; productive or fertile; fruitful.
- adj. Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious;…
- adj. Not faint or delicate; vivid.
- adj. (informal, dated) Very amusing.
- adj. (informal) Ridiculous, absurd.
- adj. Used to form adjectives when combined with common nouns for things considered desirable in the context…
- adj. (computing) Elaborate, having complex formatting, multimedia, or depth of interaction.
- adj. Of a fuel-air mixture, having less air than is necessary to burn all of the fuel; less air- or oxygen-…
- v. (obsolete) To enrich.
shot- adj. (colloquial) Worn out or broken.
- adj. (of material, especially silk) Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an…
- adj. Tired, weary.
- adj. Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
- n. The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- n. (sports) The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- n. (athletics) The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- n. (uncountable) Small metal balls used as ammunition.
- n. (uncountable, military) Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
- n. (referring to one's skill at firing a gun) Someone who shoots (a gun) regularly.
- n. An opportunity or attempt.
- n. A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- n. (slang, sports, US) A punch or other physical blow.
- n. A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle,…
- n. A single serving of espresso.
- n. (photography, film) A single unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent;…
- n. A vaccination or injection.
- n. (US, Canada, baseball, informal) A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is…
- n. (US federal prison system) Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- n. (fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
- n. (fisheries) A place or spot for setting nets.
- n. (fisheries) A single draft or catch of fish made.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of shoot.
- v. (transitive) To load (a gun) with shot.
- n. A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- interj. (colloquial, South Africa) Thank you.
showy- adj. (sometimes derogatory) calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.
shrill- adj. High-pitched and piercing.
- adj. Sharp or keen to the senses.
- adj. Having a shrill voice.
- v. To make a shrill noise.
- n. A shrill sound.
sporty- adj. Favourable to sports.
- adj. Flashy in appearance.
unrestrained- adj. immoderate; not restrained or held in check.
- adj. spontaneous, natural and informal; unconstrained.
- adj. Not subject to physical restraint.
- v. simple past tense and past participle of unrestrain.
vibrant- adj. Pulsing with energy or activity.
- adj. Lively and vigorous.
- adj. Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
- adj. (of a colour) Bright.
vivid- n. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker, genericised from the brand.
- adj. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
- adj. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
- adj. Full of life, strikingly alive.
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