Roseate
ahd-5
adjective.
Rose-colored.
adjective.
Cheerful or bright; optimistic.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Full of roses; consisting of roses; prepared from roses.
Of a rose color; blooming: as,
roseate
beauty.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective.
Full of roses; rosy.
adjective.
resembling a rose in color or fragrance; esp., tinged with rose color; blooming.
adjective.
an American and European tern (
Sterna Dougalli
) whose breast is roseate in the breeding season.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
Like the
rose
flower;
pink
;
rosy
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective.
of something having a dusty purplish pink color
Word Usage
"Pink-plumed birds called roseate spoonbills flew overhead and big, leafy American lotuses glistened on a distant bank."
cross-reference
hopeful
roseate spoonbill
roseate tern
Equivalent
chromatic
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
amethystine
ashy
autumnal
blood-red
coppery
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
blooming
rose
rose-colored
rosy