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Synonyms of rainbow
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a wide range or assortment
- The ice cream shop offers a rainbow of flavors.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for rainbow
- agglomerate,
- agglomeration,
- alphabet soup,
- assortment,
- botch,
- clutter,
- collage,
- crazy quilt,
- farrago,
- gallimaufry,
- grab bag,
- gumbo,
- hash,
- hodgepodge,
- hotchpotch,
- jambalaya,
- jumble,
- jungle,
- litter,
- macédoine,
- medley,
- mélange,
- menagerie,
- miscellanea,
- miscellany,
- mishmash,
- mixed bag,
- montage,
- motley,
- muddle,
- olio,
- olla podrida,
- omnium-gatherum,
- pastiche,
- patchwork,
- patchwork quilt,
- potpourri,
- ragbag,
- ragout,
- rummage,
- salad,
- salmagundi,
- scramble,
- shuffle,
- smorgasbord,
- stew,
- tumble,
- variety,
- welter
- admixture,
- alloy,
- amalgam,
- blend,
- combination,
- commixture,
- composite,
- compound,
- fusion,
- intermixture,
- mix-up
- bollix,
- chaos,
- confusion,
- disarrangement,
- disarray,
- disorder,
- dog's breakfast
- [chiefly British],
- mess,
- morass,
- shambles
rainbow
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of rainbow (Entry 2 of 2)
marked by a variety of usually vivid colors
- the rainbow costumes worn by mummers at Mardi Gras
Synonyms for rainbow
Words Related to rainbow
- dappled
- (also dapple),
- marbled,
- mottled,
- parti-color
- (or parti-colored),
- piebald,
- pied,
- pinto
- bichrome,
- bicolored
- (or bicolor),
- dichromatic,
- trichromatic,
- tricolor
- (or tricolored),
- two-tone,
- two-toned
Near Antonyms for rainbow
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“Rainbow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rainbow. Accessed 19 Oct. 2021.
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