colours

Speech parts

1. colours - Noun

2. colours - Verb

Meaning

a flag that shows its nationality

a distinguishing emblem

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

ensign banner coloration pennant pennoncel burgee colour in interior design vexillum colors

Antonyms

peroxide colourlessness

Hypernyms

flag emblem

Hyponyms

ensign

Phrases with the word

brown colours with flying colours green colours of the colours in flying colours coming through with flying colours

Examples

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Alexis de Tocqueville

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns. Winston Churchill

Fruit... it's just God showing off. "Look at all the colours I know!" Dylan Moran

Blind men can judge no colours. English Proverb

Blind men should not judge of colours. English Proverb

A blind man is not judge of colours. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

colourphobia colourpoint colourpuncture coloursome colourspace colourtype