Rainbow синонимы

What is another word for rainbow?

423 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɹˈe͡ɪnbə͡ʊ], [ ɹˈe‍ɪnbə‍ʊ], [ ɹ_ˈeɪ_n_b_əʊ]

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  • adj.

    kaleidoscopic (adjective)

    • manycolored,
    • multi color,
    • more manycolored,
    • many colored,
    • more many colored,
    • poly-chromatic,
    • most prismatic,
    • more prismatic,
    • most particolored,
    • most manycolored,
    • more many-colored,
    • more particolored,
    • most many-colored,
    • most many colored,
    • poly chromatic,
    • more rainbow,
    • varicolored,
    • most rainbow.

    motley (adjective)

    • more multihued,
    • most mingled,
    • dis-similar,
    • most multihued,
    • dis similar,
    • multi colored,
    • more mingled,
    • in discriminate,
    • un liker,
    • un likest,
    • motley,
    • un-likest,
    • multi-form,
    • un-liker,
    • multi form,
    • multi hued,
    • in-discriminate.

    multicolored (adjective)

    • tessellated,
    • Parti-colored,
    • checked,
    • multicolor,
    • Striated,
    • plaid,
    • mosaic,
    • Dichromic,
    • kaleidoscopic,
    • flecked,
    • calico,
    • streaked,
    • tartan,
    • patchwork,
    • harlequin,
    • dappled,
    • parquet,
    • colorful,
    • variegated,
    • striped,
    • checkered,
    • polychromatic,
    • freckled,
    • marble.

    Other relevant words: (adjective)

    • multi-colored,
    • multi-color,
    • multi-hued,
    • multihued,
    • prismatic,
    • many-colored,
    • particolored.
  • n.

    • blizzard,
    • deluge,
    • band,
    • dew,
    • acid rain,
    • dewdrop,
    • cloudburst,
    • avalanche,
    • curtain,
    • downpour.

    • bubble,
    • real.

    chimera (noun)

    • fata morganas,
    • fool paradise.

    cognition (noun)

    • rainbow.

    color (noun)

    • hue,
    • pigment,
    • stain,
    • complexion,
    • shade,
    • tint,
    • paint,
    • ink,
    • color,
    • palette,
    • tone,
    • dye,
    • tincture.

    color spectrum (noun)

    • variegation,
    • prism,
    • band of color,
    • curve,
    • bow,
    • crescent,
    • arc.

    dream (noun)

    • castle in air,
    • pie the sky,
    • pie sky,
    • castle air,
    • pie in sky,
    • castle the air.

    fantasy (noun)

    • mind trips,
    • flight imagination,
    • objectifyings,
    • fancyings,
    • envisionings,
    • air castles,
    • externalizings,
    • conceivings,
    • atlantises.

    ignis fatuus (noun)

    • will-o’-the-wisps,
    • will-o’-the-wisp,
    • Will-o-the-wisp.

    illusion (noun)

    • mis-conceptions,
    • mis belief,
    • misbeliefs,
    • makebelieve,
    • mis-belief,
    • idolisms,
    • mis beliefs,
    • mis conception,
    • hocus pocus,
    • mis-apprehension,
    • mis-apprehensions,
    • mis conceptions,
    • paramnesias,
    • mis-impression,
    • ignus fatuu,
    • misimpressions,
    • mis impressions,
    • mis apprehensions,
    • mis impression,
    • mis-beliefs,
    • mis-conception,
    • figment imagination.

    iris (noun)

    • colors.

    Other relevant words: (noun)

    • dream,
    • fantasy,
    • bogy,
    • imaginings,
    • Bogies,
    • Idolism,
    • misimpression,
    • mental pictures,
    • paramnesia,
    • Phantasma,
    • hue cycle,
    • Ignis Fatuus,
    • illusion,
    • fairylands,
    • air castle,
    • chimera,
    • Misbelief,
    • fairyland,
    • chromatic spectrum,
    • flight of imagination,
    • wraith,
    • mental picture,
    • fata morgana,
    • Hocuspocus,
    • ignus fatuus.

    spectrum (noun)

    • hue cycles,
    • chromatic spectra,
    • chromatic spectrums.
  • Other synonyms:

    • trout,
    • castle in the air,
    • pipe dream.

    Other relevant words:

    • light,
    • refraction,
    • dispersion,
    • sky,
    • card game,
    • spectrum,
    • meteorology,
    • colour,
    • reflection,
    • weather.

    Other relevant words (noun):

    • depressant,
    • polychrome,
    • antisun,
    • peacock,
    • meperidine,
    • soothing syrup,
    • hard stuff,
    • mackerel sky,
    • halo,
    • paregoric,
    • ensign,
    • mixed,
    • angry clouds,
    • moire,
    • changeful,
    • Tingent,
    • dapple,
    • black stuff,
    • aura,
    • blotch,
    • luminal,
    • Anthelion,
    • harmonious,
    • laudanum,
    • calmative,
    • morphia,
    • hop,
    • speck,
    • multicolored,
    • go on,
    • zebra,
    • pacifier,
    • stud,
    • iris,
    • pin,
    • pepper,
    • spangle,
    • go up,
    • hypnotic,
    • opium,
    • sleep-inducer,
    • mottle,
    • draw near,
    • alcohol,
    • black cat,
    • Parhelic Circle,
    • heterogeneous,
    • sodium thiopental,
    • candy cane,
    • ascend,
    • Antigorite,
    • flamboyant,
    • butterfly,
    • iridescence,
    • Soother,
    • miscellaneous,
    • yellow jacket,
    • owl,
    • storm clouds,
    • anodyne,
    • get,
    • smack,
    • monochromatic,
    • morphine,
    • enter,
    • arise,
    • freckle,
    • fly,
    • circle,
    • blue angel,
    • sun dog,
    • liquor,
    • ring,
    • depressor,
    • stipple,
    • find,
    • broken mirror,
    • red,
    • tessellate,
    • thundercloud,
    • sleeper,
    • psychedelic,
    • shit,
    • jaguar,
    • bob up,
    • striate,
    • soporific,
    • solar halo,
    • opalescence,
    • scag,
    • medley,
    • blue devil,
    • various,
    • methadone,
    • ocelot,
    • vivid,
    • sleeping draught,
    • horse,
    • tranquilizer,
    • corona,
    • retire,
    • come up,
    • rise up,
    • black clouds,
    • barbiturate,
    • gamut,
    • changeable,
    • stigmatize,
    • dot,
    • bespangle,
    • spot,
    • sleeping pill,
    • firedog,
    • lotus,
    • Phenobarbital Sodium,
    • excel,
    • white stuff,
    • grow,
    • jump,
    • junk,
    • raven,
    • purple heart,
    • develop,
    • flagstone,
    • alight,
    • barbiturate pill,
    • nimbus,
    • stripe,
    • parhelion,
    • topple,
    • descend,
    • colouring,
    • Colorific,
    • warm,
    • downer,
    • serpentine,
    • spectral,
    • accede,
    • confetti,
    • monochrome,
    • multicoloured,
    • leopard,
    • phenobarbital,
    • chloral hydrate,
    • heroin,
    • colourful,
    • come,
    • be mentioned,
    • mother-of-pearl,
    • dark cloud,
    • tattoo,
    • move up,
    • opal,
    • mottled,
    • knockout drops,
    • Pigmentary,
    • goofball,
    • checker,
    • analgesic,
    • Toning,
    • appear,
    • flag,
    • get on,
    • bespeckle,
    • come near,
    • solar corona,
    • tar,
    • monochromic,
    • blue,
    • blue heaven,
    • turps,
    • mackerel,
    • chromatic,
    • approach,
    • sedative,
    • glowing,
    • chameleon,
    • crazy quilt,
    • elevate,
    • climb up,
    • flake,
    • sprinkle,
    • marbleize,
    • emerge,
    • varied,
    • stormy petrel,
    • uprise,
    • barb,
    • piebald,
    • iridescent,
    • shooting star,
    • diaphragm,
    • coloured,
    • variegate,
    • Amobarbital Sodium,
    • yellow,
    • vein,
    • glory,
    • chequer,
    • nacre,
    • splotch,
    • matching,
    • chrysotile,
    • Paraselene,
    • bright,
    • come on,
    • check,
    • tulip,
    • dolly,
    • gladiolus,
    • bar,
    • coloring,
    • publish,
    • gathering clouds,
    • narcotic,
    • Ophite,
    • cool,
    • pearliness,
    • shot silk,
    • patchwork quilt,
    • tranquiliser,
    • pipe,
    • rainbows,
    • somnifacient,
    • Tinctorial,
    • codeine,
    • cold,
    • Thunderhead,
    • streak,
    • colored,
    • aureole,
    • cheetah,
    • dichromatic,
    • Secobarbital Sodium,
    • get hold,
    • mock sun,
    • blue velvet,
    • opiate,
    • climb,
    • assorted.

How to use «Rainbow» in context?

What is a rainbow? A rainbow is a colorful arc formed by the Sun’s light when it strikes a raindrop. Rainbows are seen in the sky during rain, snow, or mist.

Paraphrases for Rainbow:

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  • Forward Entailment

    • Noun, singular or mass
      bow.
  • Independent

    • Proper noun, singular
      Rayed, arc-en-ciel.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      Larvae.

Holonyms for Rainbow:

  • n.

    • object
      sky.

Hyponym for Rainbow:

  • n.

    • cognition
      hope, promise.
    • object
      arc, bow.

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Resources

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Princeton’s WordNet

  1. rainbownoun

    an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun’s rays by rain

  2. rainbownoun

    an illusory hope

    «chasing rainbows»

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  1. rainbownoun

    Synonyms:
    iris

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  1. rainbownoun

    Synonyms:
    iris

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How to use rainbow in a sentence?

  1. Hampton Jr.:

    We attempt Best Supporting Actor to not walk in the footsteps but in their Black Panther Party paw steps, and not just in theory, not in a romanticized type of way( but) with our programs, with our criticisms, with our self-criticisms, with our struggles, our politics of internationalism, with the present-day Rainbow Coalition, with the Triple Cs — the children, community and Black Panther Party Cubs — supplying services for the people, not in a charity type of way but where people themselves can get involved and fight for their own self-determination.

  2. Van Der Breggen:

    On one of my first races I saw this rider with a weird jersey with stripes, I didn’t know what it was, then my dad told me it was the world champion’s( rainbow) jersey !

  3. Harriet Du Autermont:

    No vision and you perish No Ideal, and you’re lost Your heart must ever cherish Some faith at any cost. Some hope, some dream to cling to, Some rainbow in the sky, Some melody to sing to, Some service that is high.

  4. Judy Garland:

    I’ve always taken ‘The Wizard of Oz’ very seriously, you know. I believe in the idea of the rainbow. And I’ve spent my entire life trying to get over it.

  5. Gandolfo — (RJ Intindola):

    She resembled a rainbow and the pot of gold; rarely observed and never discovered.


Translations for rainbow

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • reënboogAfrikaans
  • ቀስተ ደመናAmharic
  • قوس قزحArabic
  • нурAvaric
  • kurumiAymara
  • göy qurşağıAzerbaijani
  • йәйғорBashkir
  • вясёлкаBelarusian
  • дъгаBulgarian
  • রংধনুBengali
  • འཇའTibetan Standard
  • kanevedenn, gwareg-ar-glavBreton
  • arc de Sant Martí, arc irisCatalan, Valencian
  • duhaCzech
  • bwa’r Drindod, bwa’r arch, enfysWelsh
  • regnbueDanish
  • Regenbogen, vielfarbig, buntGerman
  • ουράνιο τόξοGreek
  • ĉielarko, multkolora, gamoEsperanto
  • arco irisSpanish
  • vikerkaarEstonian
  • ortzadar, ostadarBasque
  • قوس و قزح, رنگین‌کمان, رنگين كمانPersian
  • monivärinen, kirjo, spektri, sateenkaariFinnish
  • ælabogiFaroese
  • arc-en-ciel, arc-en-French
  • reinbôgeWestern Frisian
  • bogha báistí, tuar ceathaIrish
  • bogha-froisScottish Gaelic
  • arco da vellaGalician
  • jýiva, jýiGuaraní
  • Bhow Ghoree, goal twoaieManx
  • bàkan gizòHausa
  • קשת בענןHebrew
  • इंद्रधनुष, धनुष, इन्द्रधनुषHindi
  • szivárványHungarian
  • ծիածանArmenian
  • iride, irisInterlingua
  • pelangi, bianglalaIndonesian
  • pluvarko, cielarkoIdo
  • njólubaugur, regnbogi, friðarbogiIcelandic
  • arcobaleno, irideItalian
  • קשת בענןHebrew
  • 虹, 多彩, 色々, 多色Japanese
  • ცისარტყელაGeorgian
  • műkűnga-mburaKikuyu, Gikuyu
  • кемпірқосақKazakh
  • ឥន្ទធនូKhmer
  • ಇಂದ್ರಚಾಪ, ಮಳೆಬಿಲ್ಲು, ಇಂದ್ರಧನುಸ್ಸು, ಕಾಮನಬಿಲ್ಲುKannada
  • 무지개Korean
  • bûka baranê, keskesor, keskûala, qozeqerKurdish
  • жаа, көк желеKyrgyz
  • arcus, irisLatin
  • ReebouLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • ສາຍຮຸ້ງLao
  • vaivorykštėLithuanian
  • varavīksne, dardedzeLatvian
  • antsiben’andriamànitra, àvanaMalagasy
  • uenuku, taawhanawhana, paahoka, rore, aaheahea, kairangi, āniwaniwa, kahukuraMāori
  • виножито, лепеза, ѕуница, божилакMacedonian
  • മഴവില്ല്, ഇന്ദ്രധനുസ്Malayalam
  • солонгоMongolian
  • इंद्रधनुष्यMarathi
  • ular mengiang, bangun-bangun, ganu, ular danu, pelangi, kuwung, bianglala, teja, benang rajaMalay
  • qawsallaMaltese
  • သက်တံBurmese
  • regnbue, regnbogeNorwegian
  • इन्द्रेनीNepali
  • bont, prisma, gamma, regenboog, meerkleurig, veelkleurigDutch
  • regnbogeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • regnbueNorwegian
  • náátsʼíílidNavajo, Navaho
  • utawalezaChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
  • nagweyaabOjibwe, Ojibwa
  • tęcza, tęczowy, wachlarzPolish
  • arco-írisPortuguese
  • kurmi, k’uychiQuechua
  • artgRomansh
  • multitudine, policrom, multicolor, curcubeu, spectru, varietateRomanian
  • радугаRussian
  • arvedávgi, bajándávgiNorthern Sami
  • ду́га, dúgaSerbo-Croatian
  • දේදුන්නක්Sinhala, Sinhalese
  • dúhaSlovak
  • mavricaSlovene
  • nuanuaSamoan
  • qaanso, jeegaan, caasha carab dheerSomali
  • ylberAlbanian
  • regnbågeSwedish
  • upinde wa mvuaSwahili
  • வானவில்Tamil
  • హరివిల్లుTelugu
  • тирукамонTajik
  • สายรุ้ง, รุ้งกินน้ำ, สีรุ้ง, รุ้งThai
  • älemgoşarTurkmen
  • bahag-hariTagalog
  • gökkuşağı, peygamber kuşağı, ebem kuşağı, gTurkish
  • anuanuaTahitian
  • райдуга, веселкаUkrainian
  • دھنک, دھنش, قوس قزحUrdu
  • kamalak, yoyUzbek
  • cầu vồngVietnamese
  • reinabobVolapük
  • רעגנבויגן, רעגנ-בויגןYiddish
  • 彩虹Chinese

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  • noun



  • as in variety

  • adjective



  • as in colorful

  • as in variety
  • as in colorful


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rainbow
1 of 2

noun

Definition of rainbownext

as in variety

a wide range or assortment

The ice cream shop offers a rainbow of flavors.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • variety

  • mosaic

  • salad

  • patchwork

  • medley

  • jungle

  • hash

  • collage

  • mélange

  • hodgepodge

  • mishmash

  • assortment

  • smorgasbord

  • gumbo

  • montage

  • potpourri

  • menagerie

  • jumble

  • tapestry

  • alphabet soup

  • mixed bag

  • pastiche

  • patchwork quilt

  • jambalaya

  • hotchpotch

  • scramble

  • crazy quilt

  • motley

  • ragout

  • farrago

  • grab bag

  • ragbag

  • gallimaufry

  • omniumgatherum

  • litter

  • shuffle

  • olio

  • miscellany

  • clutter

  • rummage

  • agglomeration

  • salmagundi

  • stew

  • miscellanea

  • macédoine

  • agglomerate

  • welter

  • olla podrida

  • botch

  • detritus

  • tumble

  • blend

  • notions

  • muddle

  • sundries

  • conglomerate

  • aggregation

  • conglomeration

  • odds and ends

  • accumulation

  • fusion

  • aggregate

  • composite

  • amalgam

  • compound

  • alloy

  • chaos

  • catchall

  • oddments

  • combination

  • admixture

  • commixture

  • intermixture

  • disorder

  • mixup

  • tangle

  • disarray

  • morass

  • confusion

  • imbroglio

  • disarrangement

  • mess

  • dog’s breakfast

  • snarl

  • shambles

  • bollix

  • knot

rainbow

2 of 2

adjective

as in colorful

marked by a variety of usually vivid colors

the rainbow costumes worn by mummers at Mardi Gras

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • colorful

  • colored

  • varied

  • various

  • multicolored

  • striped

  • vibrant

  • kaleidoscopic

  • chromatic

  • prismatic

  • polychromatic

  • varicolored

  • multihued

  • variegated

  • brilliant

  • polychrome

  • bright

  • motley

  • iridescent

  • dotted

  • opalescent

  • spotted

  • plaid

  • gaudy

  • marbled

  • garish

  • loud

  • speckled

  • checkered

  • brave

  • showy

  • patterned

  • flashy

  • gay

  • dapple

  • dappled

  • pied

  • flecked

  • splashy

  • specked

  • mottled

  • tricolored

  • trichromatic

  • striated

  • banded

  • pinto

  • tricolor

  • dichromatic

  • streaked

  • plaided

  • brindle

  • particolored

  • barred

  • piebald

  • particolor

  • bicolored

  • brindled

  • bicolor

  • bichrome

  • twotoned

  • twotone


Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • colorless

  • achromatic

  • solid

  • monochromatic

  • faded

  • gray

  • grey

  • bleached

  • neutral

  • pale

  • faint

  • monotone

  • pallid

  • dull

  • monochromic

  • decolorized

  • washedout

  • selfcolored

  • unbrilliant

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  • colorless

  • achromatic

  • solid

  • monochromatic

  • faded

  • gray

  • grey

  • bleached

  • neutral

  • pale

  • faint

  • monotone

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  • monochromic

  • decolorized

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On this page you’ll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rainbow, such as: arc, bow, crescent, curve, prism, and variegation.

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What is another name for rainbow?

Literally speaking, a rainbow is an arc (bow) of colors that appears in the sky due to rays of sunshine being reflected and refracted by raindrops (or other water droplets). The word rainbow is also commonly used to refer to any artistic representations of this.

Technically speaking, a rainbow can be classified as a primary rainbow or a secondary rainbow. Together, they can form a double rainbow. Triple rainbows are very rare.

Rainbow is also commonly used as an adjective that means containing all or many colors of the spectrum (the main ones being red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet—aka roygbiv). Synonyms of this sense include multicolored (or multicolor), kaleidoscopic, and prismatic. Kaleidoscopic suggests something full of bright colors in a way that’s reminiscent of the images seen when looking through a kaleidoscope. Prismatic is a reference to the rainbow-colored when light shines through a prism.

Extended from this is a more general sense of rainbow that’s applied to anything featuring a diverse collection of people or things, as in rainbow coalition.

Rainbows and rainbow flags are popularly used as symbols of the LGBTQ+ community.

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Directly after them came a lot of palace attendants in curious hats and long robes of all colours of the rainbow.

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As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.

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WORDS RELATED TO RAINBOW

  • bubble
  • castle in the air
  • chimera
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  • delusion
  • fancy
  • fantasy
  • hallucination
  • head trip
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  • rainbow
  • reverie
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  • fancy
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  • fool’s paradise
  • ghost
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  • hocus-pocus
  • idolism
  • ignus fatuus
  • image
  • invention
  • make believe
  • mirage
  • misapprehension
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  • myth
  • optical illusion
  • paramnesia
  • phantasm
  • phantasma
  • pipe dream
  • rainbow
  • seeming
  • semblance
  • trip
  • virtual reality
  • will-o’-the-wisp
  • apparition
  • bubble
  • chimera
  • confusion
  • daydream
  • deception
  • delusion
  • déjà vu
  • error
  • fallacy
  • false impression
  • fancy
  • fantasy
  • figment of imagination
  • fool’s paradise
  • ghost
  • hallucination
  • head trip
  • hocus-pocus
  • idolism
  • ignus fatuus
  • image
  • invention
  • make believe
  • mirage
  • misapprehension
  • misbelief
  • misconception
  • misimpression
  • mockery
  • myth
  • optical illusion
  • paramnesia
  • phantasm
  • pipe dream
  • rainbow
  • seeming
  • semblance
  • trip
  • virtual reality

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Rhymes with Rainbow

  • akimbo
  • archambeau
  • bilbo
  • combo
  • crossbow
  • elbow
  • jarboe
  • longbow
  • oxbow
  • rambeau

How do you pronounce rainbow?

Pronounce rainbow as ˈreɪnˌboʊ.

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Quotes about rainbow

2. rainbow

noun. [‘ˈreɪnˌboʊ’] an illusory hope.

Etymology

  • regnboga (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
  • boga (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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