Words Like IRIDESCENT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to IRIDESCENT.

11 Alternative Words Similar to iridescent

1 Changeable Adjective Synonym Words Like Changeable

2 Chatoyant Adjective Synonym Words Like Chatoyant

3 Shot Adjective Synonym Words Like Shot

4 Nacreous Adjective Synonym Words Like Nacreous

5 Opalescent Adjective Synonym Words Like Opalescent

6 Opaline Adjective Synonym Words Like Opaline

7 Pearlescent Adjective Synonym Words Like Pearlescent

8 Bright Adjective Similar Words Like Bright

9 Colorful Adjective Similar Words Like Colorful

10 Colourful Adjective Similar Words Like Colourful

11 Iridescence Adjective Variant Words Like Iridescence

5 examples of iridescent

1 iridescent glass

2 chatoyant (or shot) silk

3 a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent

4 a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster

5 nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl

8 definitions of iridescent

1 Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic. See iridescence.

2 varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

3 having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

4 Producing a display of lustrous, rainbowlike colors: an iridescent oil slick; iridescent plumage.

5 Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful in effect or appearance: "The prelude was as iridescent as a prism in a morning room” ( Carson McCullers).

6 Exhibiting or giving out colors like those of the rainbow; gleaming or shimmering with rainbow colors; more generally, glittering with different colors which change according to the light in which they are viewed, without reference to what the colors are; lustrously versicolor; of changeable metallic sheen, as certain birds, insects, minerals, glass, fabrics, etc.

7 Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.

8 Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

We get our data from many different dictionaries across the web:
Wordnik, Wiktionary, Century, American Heritage, Gcide