Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun colorado

3 senses of colorado

Sense 1
Colorado, Centennial State, CO -- (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
       INSTANCE OF=> American state -- (one of the 50 states of the United States)

Sense 2
Colorado, Colorado River -- (a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")

Sense 3
Colorado, Colorado River -- (an important river in the southwestern United States; rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest through Utah into Arizona (where it flows through the Grand Canyon) and then southward through the southern tip of Nevada, then forming the border between California and Arizona and finally into Mexico where it empties into the Gulf of California; the main source of water in the southwestern United States)
       INSTANCE OF=> river -- (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek); "the river was navigable for 50 miles")