rainbow

Speech parts

1. rainbow - Noun

2. rainbow - Adjective

3. rainbow - Verb

4. Rainbow - Proper noun

Meaning

A bow or arch exhibiting, in concentric bands, the several colors of the spectrum, and formed in the part of the hemisphere opposite to the sun by the refraction and reflection of the sun's rays in drops of falling rain.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

harlequin iris mirage chimera prism motley speckled spectrum dream fantasy arc bubble illusion chromatic Atlantis
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Antonyms

gray mono neutral grey pale faded
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Hypernyms

hope bow promise arc

Phrases with the word

at the end of the rainbow Over the Rainbow rainbow coalition Rainbow Nation chase rainbows rainbow baby

Examples

Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. Lord Byron

I know that if odour were visible as colour is, I'd see the summer garden aureoled in rainbow clouds. Robert Bridges

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. Mark Twain

The rainbow would be even more beautiful if the show was not for free. Netherlands Antillean Proverb

The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things. Hopi Indian Proverb

Remember, after the storm there will be a rainbow. Nilotic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Rainbolt rainboot rainbound rainbow abalone rainbow ant rainbow baby