IRIDESCENT Synonyms

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• an appearance of reflected light

• bright with a steady but subdued shining

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• softly bright or radiant

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• brilliant

• reflecting light

• radiating or as if radiating light

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• marked by exceptional merit

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• reflecting light

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars

• evoking lifelike images within the mind

• having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience

• having strong or striking color

• (of color) having the highest saturation

• a weak and tremulous light

• shine with a weak or fitful light

• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

• capable of or tending to change in form or quality or nature

• such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change

• subject to change

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles

• consisting of or resembling mother-of-pearl

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

• having a play of lustrous rainbow colors

• the act of firing a projectile

• a solid missile discharged from a firearm

• (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand

• a chance to do something

• a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)

• a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film

• the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe

• a small drink of liquor

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• an estimate based on little or no information

• an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera

• sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put

• an explosive charge used in blasting

• a blow hard enough to cause injury

• an attempt to score in a game

• informal words for any attempt or effort

• the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination

• throwing the basketball toward the hoop

• varying in color when seen in different lights or from different angles