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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mottled, freckled |
| Synonyms: | brindle, brindled, checkered, discolored, flecked, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multihued, parti-colored, piebald, pied, speckled, spotted, stippled, varicolored, variegated, versicolor, versicolored |
| Antonyms: | uncolored, unflecked, unspotted |
| Main Entry: | motley |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed, varied |
| Synonyms: | assorted, conglomerate, dappled, discrepant, disparate, dissimilar, diversified, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kaleidoscopic, mingled, miscellaneous, mixed, mottled, multicolor, multicolored, multiform, multihued, polychromatic, prismatic, rainbow, unlike, varicolored, variegated, various, versicolor |
| Antonyms: | homogenous, like, same, similar, uniform, unmixed, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | mottled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speckled |
| Synonyms: | blotchy, checkered, dappled, flecked, freckled, maculate, marbled, motley, piebald, pied, skewbald, spotted, streaked, tabby, variegated |
| Antonyms: | plain, unflecked |
| Main Entry: | multicolored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having various hues |
| Synonyms: | checkered, dappled, flecked, kaleidoscopic, marbled, motley, mottled, multicolor, particolored, piebald, pied, polychrome, prismatic, speckled, spotted, streaked, varicolored, veined, versicolor |
| Notes: | multicolored is having all colors of the rainbow; varicolored and particolored is having a variety of colors |
| Antonyms: | monochrome |
| Main Entry: | speckled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dotted |
| Synonyms: | brindled, dappled, flaked, flecked, freckled, mosaic, motley, mottled, particolored, patchy, peppered, punctate, spotted, spotty, sprinkled, stippled, studded, variegated |
| Antonyms: | plain, unspeckled |
| Main Entry: | spotted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | speckled |
| Synonyms: | blotched, dappled, dotted, flaked, flecked, freckled, mosaic, motley, patchy, pied, spotty, sprinkled |
| Main Entry: | piebald |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mottled |
| Synonyms: | dappled, heterogeneous, mixed, multicolored, pinto, spotted, varicolored, variegated |
| Notes: | piebald is being spotted with irregular patches of different colors, especially black and white; skewbald is spotted white and a color other than black |
| Main Entry: | gray |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | silver |
| Synonyms: | ash, ashen, cinereal, clouded, dappled, dingy, dove, drab, dusky, dusty, grey, heather, iron, lead, leaden, livid, mousy, neutral, oyster, pearly, peppery, powder, sere, shaded, silvered, silvery, slate, smoky, somber, stone |
| Notes: | the distinction in spelling between British grey and American gray is recent, popping up in Samuel Johnson's dictionary |
| Main Entry: | multicolor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having many colors |
| Synonyms: | dappled, flecked, kaleidoscopic, marbled, motley, mottled, multicolored, particolored, piebald, pied, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, polychromous, prismatic, speckled, spotted, streaked, varicolored, variegated, veined, versicolor, versicolored |
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