'Checkered' definitions:
Definition of 'checkered'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Checkered'
From: GCIDE
- Checker \Check"er\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered (ch[e^]k"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. ['e]chiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]
- 1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, colors, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosperity and adversity. [1913 Webster]
- Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Checkered'
From: GCIDE
- Checkered \Check"ered\ (ch[e^]k"[~e]rd), a.
- 1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. [1913 Webster]
- Dancing in the checkered shade. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past [1913 Webster]
- This checkered narrative. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'checkered'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able to adapt,
- adaptable,
- adjustable,
- alterable,
- alterative,
- changeable,
- check,
- checked,
- ever-changing,
- flexible,
- fluid,
- impermanent,
- kaleidoscopic,
- malleable,
- many-sided,
- metamorphic,
- mobile,
- modifiable,
- mosaic,
- movable,
- mutable,
- nonuniform,
- permutable,
- plaid,
- plastic,
- protean,
- proteiform,
- resilient,
- rubbery,
- supple,
- tessellate,
- tessellated,
- transient,
- transitory,
- variable