Webster's 1913 Dictionary
KALEIDOSCOPIC; KALEIDOSCOPICAL
KALEIDOSCOPIC; KALEIDOSCOPICAL Ka *lei `do *scop "ic, Ka *lei `do *scop "ic *al, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a kaleidoscope; variegated.
New American Oxford Dictionary
kaleidoscopic
ka lei do scop ic |kəˌlīdəˈskäpik kəˈlaɪdəˈskɑːpɪk | ▶adjective having complex patterns of colors; multicolored: kaleidoscopic diamond patterns. • made up of a complex mix of elements; multifaceted: a kaleidoscopic range of topics. DERIVATIVES ka lei do scop i cal ly |-ˌlīdəˈskäpik (ə )lē |adverb
Oxford Dictionary
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic |kəlʌɪdəˈskɒpɪk | ▶adjective having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured: kaleidoscopic diamond patterns. • made up of a complex mix of elements; multifaceted: a kaleidoscopic range of topics. DERIVATIVES kaleidoscopically |-ˈskɒpɪk (ə )li |adverb
American Oxford Thesaurus
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic adjective 1 kaleidoscopic swirls in the puddles: multicolored, many-colored, multicolor, many-hued, variegated, particolored, varicolored, psychedelic, rainbow, polychromatic. ANTONYMS monochrome. 2 the kaleidoscopic political landscape: ever-changing, changeable, shifting, fluid, protean, variable, inconstant, fluctuating, unpredictable, impermanent. ANTONYMS fixed, constant.
Oxford Thesaurus
kaleidoscopic
kaleidoscopic adjective 1 the branches refracted the light from the street lamps into kaleidoscopic shapes on the pavement: multicoloured, many-coloured, multicolour, many-hued, variegated, particoloured, varicoloured, prismatic, psychedelic, rainbow, rainbow-like, polychromatic, harlequin, motley, many-splendoured; informal (looking ) like an explosion in a paint factory. ANTONYMS monochrome. 2 the country's kaleidoscopic political landscape: ever-changing, changeable, shifting, fluid, protean, mutable, variable, varying, inconstant, unstable, fluctuating, mobile, unsteady, unpredictable, ever-moving, chameleon-like, chameleonic, impermanent, indefinite; technical labile; rare changeful. ANTONYMS fixed, constant, immutable. 3 children's questions about the kaleidoscopic world they are living in: multifaceted, many-faceted, varied, manifold, multifarious; complex, intricate, complicated, convoluted; confused, chaotic, muddled, disordered, disorganized, disarranged, jumbled, confusing.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
kaleidoscopic
ka lei do scop ic /kəlàɪdəskɑ́pɪk |-skɔ́p -/形容詞 比較なし 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗頻繁に変化する ; 多種多様 [彩 ]な ; 万華鏡の .ka l è i do sc ó p i cal ly /-k (ə )li /副詞
The Wordsmith Dictionary