'Iridescent' definitions:
Definition of 'iridescent'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot]
adjective
Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" [syn: iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent]
Definition of 'Iridescent'
From: GCIDE
- Iridescent \Ir`i*des"cent\ (?; 277), a. [L. iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F. iridescent.] Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic; as, iridescent glass. See iridescence. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'iridescent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- burele,
- chatoyant,
- creamy,
- delicate,
- eggshell,
- flat,
- gloss,
- iridal,
- iridial,
- iridian,
- irisated,
- irised,
- light,
- mellow,
- moire,
- mother-of-pearl,
- nacre,
- nacred,
- nacreous,
- nacry,
- opalescent,
- opaline,
- opaloid,
- pale,
- pastel,
- patinaed,
- pavonian,
- pavonine,
- pearl-like,
- pearlish,
- pearly,
- quiet,
- rainbowlike,
- rainbowy,
- sad,
- semigloss,
- simple,
- sober,
- soft,
- soft-colored,
- soft-hued,
- softened,
- somber,
- subdued,
- subtle,
- sweet,
- tender,
- tortoise-shell