Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun calico
1 sense of calico
Sense 1
calico -- (coarse cloth with a bright print)
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")
Antonyms of adj calico
1 of 2 senses of calico
Sense 2
motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured -- (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies")
INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured -- (without color; "pure water is uncolored")
Similarity of adj calico
2 senses of calico
Sense 1
calico -- (made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned; "calico dresses"; "a calico cat")
Sense 2
motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured -- (having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies")
=> colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, colorful -- (having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain")