Chameleon

//kəˈmi.li.ən//

Synonyms for "chameleon" (95 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Noun(1 words)
chamaeleon

Strong matches (29)

Related words (47)

Adjective(2 words)
multiformprotean
Noun(1 words)
zelig

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

14 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

5 entries

related to

13 entries

Translations

145 translations across 101 languages.

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Afrikaans

3 entries
  • trapsuutjie noun (reptile)
  • verkleurmannetjie noun (reptile)
  • verkleurmannetjie noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Akkadian

1 entries
  • 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 noun (reptile)

Albanian

1 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)

Amharic

1 entries
  • እስስት noun (reptile)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χαμαιλέων noun (reptile)

Arabic

4 entries
  • بوة noun (reptile)
  • تاتة noun (reptile)
  • حرباية noun (reptile)
  • حِرْبَاء noun (reptile)

Aragonese

1 entries
  • camalión noun (reptile)

Aramaic

1 entries
  • זָקִיתָא noun (reptile)

Armenian

2 entries
  • գետնառյուծ noun (reptile)
  • քամելեոն noun (reptile)

Assamese

1 entries
  • কোকলোঙা noun (reptile)

Asturian

1 entries
  • camaleón noun (reptile)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • buqələmun noun (reptile)

Basque

1 entries
  • kameleoi noun (reptile)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • хамелео́н noun (reptile)

Bemba

1 entries
  • lufwíáññembâ noun (reptile)

Bengali

2 entries
  • গিরগিটি noun (reptile)
  • বহুরূপী noun (reptile)

Breton

1 entries
  • gwerlas noun (reptile)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • хамелео́н noun (reptile)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ပုတ်သင်ညို noun (reptile)

Catalan

2 entries
  • camaleó noun (reptile)
  • camaleó noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Central Atlas Tamazight

3 entries
  • ⴽⴰⵛⵛⴰ noun (reptile)
  • ⵜⴰⵜⴰ noun (reptile)
  • ⵜⴰⵢⵢⵓ noun (reptile)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • tsenemo noun (reptile)

Cherokee

2 entries
  • ᎤᎵᏑᏫᏒ ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᎩ ᏘᏲᎭᎵ noun (reptile)
  • ᎧᎻᎵᎣᏂ noun (reptile)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 變色蜥蜴 /变色蜥蜴 noun (reptile)
  • 變色龍 /变色龙 noun (reptile)
  • 避役 noun (reptile)

Czech

2 entries
  • chameleon noun (reptile)
  • chameleón noun (reptile)

Danish

1 entries
  • kamæleon noun (reptile)

Dutch

2 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)
  • kameleon noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • ĥameleono noun (reptile)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kameeleon noun (reptile)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kamelón noun (reptile)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kameleontti noun (reptile)

French

1 entries
  • caméléon noun (reptile)

Galician

1 entries
  • camaleón noun (reptile)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ქამელეონი noun (reptile)

German

1 entries
  • Chamäleon noun (reptile)

Greek

2 entries
  • χαμαιλέων noun (reptile)
  • χαμαιλέων noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • કાચંડો noun (reptile)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • זִקִּית noun (reptile)
  • זיקית noun (reptile)

Hindi

1 entries
  • गिरगिट noun (reptile)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kaméleon noun (reptile)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • kameljón noun (reptile)
  • kamelljón noun (reptile)

Ido

1 entries
  • kameleono noun (reptile)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bunglon noun (reptile)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᑲᒦᓕᐊᓂ noun (reptile)

Italian

2 entries
  • camaleonte noun (reptile)
  • camaleonte noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Japanese

2 entries
  • カメレオン noun (reptile)
  • 気分屋 noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Kannada

3 entries
  • ಊಸರವಳ್ಳಿ noun (reptile)
  • ಓತೀಕಾಟ noun (reptile)
  • ಗೋಸುಂಬೆ noun (reptile)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • хамелеон noun (reptile)

Kikuyu

2 entries
  • kĩĩmbu noun (reptile)
  • mũriyũ noun (reptile)

Korean

1 entries
  • 카멜레온 noun (reptile)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • хамелеон noun (reptile)

Latvian

1 entries
  • hameleons noun (reptile)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • chameleonas noun (reptile)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • камелеон noun (reptile)

Malagasy

3 entries
  • tana noun (reptile)
  • tandrondro noun (reptile)
  • tarondro noun (reptile)

Malay

3 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)
  • sesumpah noun (reptile)
  • sumpah-sumpah noun (reptile)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഓന്ത് noun (reptile)
  • ഓന്ത് noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Maltese

1 entries
  • kamaleont noun (reptile)

Manx

1 entries
  • kameelyan noun (reptile)

Mon

2 entries
  • ကကဏ္ဍက noun (reptile)
  • ဟကုဲ noun (reptile)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хамелеон noun (reptile)

Māori

1 entries
  • kamiriona noun (reptile)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tepaxin noun (reptile)

Navajo

1 entries
  • naʼashǫ́ʼii łahgo aníʼdoolníiłii noun (reptile)

Northern Sotho

1 entries
  • leôbu noun (reptile)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)

Occitan

1 entries
  • camaleon noun (reptile)

Odia

1 entries
  • ଏଣ୍ଡୁଅ noun (reptile)

Old Awadhi

1 entries
  • गिरगिट noun (reptile)

Pali

1 entries
  • kakaṇṭaka noun (reptile)

Persian

3 entries
  • آفتابپرست noun (reptile)
  • بوقلمون noun (person with inconstant behavior)
  • خربا noun (reptile)

Polish

1 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • camaleão noun (reptile)
  • camaleão noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਗਿਰਗਿਟ noun (reptile)

Romanian

2 entries
  • cameleon noun (reptile)
  • cameleon noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Russian

1 entries
  • хамелео́н noun (reptile)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)
  • камелеон noun (reptile)

Shona

1 entries
  • rwavhi noun (reptile)

Slovak

1 entries
  • chameleón noun (reptile)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kameleon noun (reptile)

Spanish

2 entries
  • camaleón noun (reptile)
  • camaleón noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Sundanese

1 entries
  • londok noun (reptile)

Swahili

3 entries
  • kigeugeu noun (reptile)
  • kinyonga noun (reptile)
  • lumbwi noun (reptile)

Swazi

1 entries
  • lú-nwabú noun (reptile)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kameleont noun (reptile)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • hunyango noun (reptile)

Tajik

1 entries
  • офтобгардон noun (reptile)

Tamil

1 entries
  • பச்சோந்தி noun (reptile)

Tashelhit

2 entries
  • ⴽⴰⵛⵛⴰ noun (reptile)
  • ⵜⴰⵛⴰⵛⵜⵓⵅⵜ noun (reptile)

Tatar

4 entries
  • икейөзле noun (person with inconstant behavior)
  • монафикъ noun (person with inconstant behavior)
  • хамелеон noun (reptile)
  • хамелеон noun (person with inconstant behavior)

Telugu

2 entries
  • ఊసరవెల్లి noun (reptile)
  • తొండ noun (reptile)

Ternate

1 entries
  • bakebake noun (reptile)

Thai

1 entries
  • คาเมเลี่ยน noun (reptile)

Turkish

1 entries
  • bukalemun noun (reptile)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • хамелео́н noun (reptile)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • buqalamun noun (reptile)
  • xameleon noun (reptile)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tắc kè bông noun (reptile)
  • tắc kè hoa noun (reptile)

Walloon

1 entries
  • cameleyon noun (reptile)

Welsh

1 entries
  • madfall symudliw noun (reptile)

Wolof

1 entries
  • kàkkatar noun (reptile)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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The chameleon can take on any color.

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The chameleon can take on the colors of its background.

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The chameleon changes color depending on where it finds itself.

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The chameleon changed its color to orange, green and yellow.

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