Words that rhyme with colonial

• baronial 0
  adj 1: impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns" [syn: baronial, imposing, noble, stately]
• bicentennial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration" [syn: bicentennial, bicentenary] n 1: the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: bicentennial, bicentenary]
• biennial 0
  adj 1: having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals" [syn: biennial, two-year] [ant: annual, one-year, perennial] 2: occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions" [syn: biennial, biyearly] n 1: (botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season
• ceremonial 0
  adj 1: marked by pomp or ceremony or formality; "a ceremonial occasion"; "ceremonial garb" n 1: a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor" [syn: ceremony, ceremonial, ceremonial occasion, observance]
• congenial 0
  adj 1: suitable to your needs; "a congenial atmosphere to work in"; "two congenial spirits united...by mutual confidence and reciprocal virtues"- T.L.Peacock [ant: incompatible, uncongenial] 2: (used of plants) capable of cross-fertilization or of being grafted
• corneal 0
  adj 1: of or related to the cornea
• cranial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the cranium which encloses the brain; "cranial pressure"
• cuneal 0
  adj 1: shaped like a wedge [syn: wedge-shaped, cuneal, cuneiform]
• finial 0
  n 1: an ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis
• genial 0
  adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile"; "an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable, cordial, genial] 2: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw [syn: genial, mental] 3: agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet" [syn: kind, genial]
• lineal 0
  adj 1: in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity" [syn: lineal, direct] [ant: collateral, indirect] 2: arranged in a line
• matrilineal 0
  adj 1: based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance" [syn: matrilineal, matrilinear]
• matrimonial 0
  adj 1: of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status"; "marital fidelity"; "married bliss" [syn: marital, matrimonial, married]
• menial 0
  adj 1: used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) [syn: humble, menial, lowly] n 1: a domestic servant
• millennial 0
  adj 1: relating to a millennium or span of a thousand years [syn: millennial, millennian]
• patrimonial 0
  adj 1: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]
• perennial 0
  adj 1: lasting three seasons or more; "the common buttercup is a popular perennial plant" [ant: annual, biennial, one-year, two-year] 2: lasting an indefinitely long time; suggesting self-renewal; "perennial happiness" 3: recurring again and again; "perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements" [syn: perennial, recurrent, repeated] n 1: (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more
• pineal 0
  adj 1: relating to the pineal body; "pineal hormone" 2: having the form of a pine cone
• real 0
  adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling] adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people; not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant: unreal] 2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money" [ant: unreal] 3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real" 4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor" [syn: real, tangible] 5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual, genuine, literal, real] 6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages" [ant: nominal] 7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material] [ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial] 8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of land and buildings" 9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn: veridical, real] n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number, real] 2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos 3: an old small silver Spanish coin
• sesquicentennial 0
  n 1: the 150th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
• tercentennial 0
  n 1: the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial]
• testimonial 0
  adj 1: expressing admiration or appreciation; "testimonial dinner" 2: of or relating to or constituting testimony n 1: something that serves as evidence; "his effort was testimony to his devotion" [syn: testimony, testimonial] 2: something given or done as an expression of esteem [syn: tribute, testimonial] 3: something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable [syn: recommendation, testimonial, good word]
• triennial 0
  adj 1: occurring every third year or lasting 3 years n 1: the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial]
• uncongenial 0
  adj 1: not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs" [syn: uncongenial, incompatible] [ant: congenial] 2: very unfavorable to life or growth; "a hostile climate"; "an uncongenial atmosphere"; "an uncongenial soil"; "the unfriendly environment at high altitudes" [syn: hostile, uncongenial, unfriendly] 3: used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted
• venial 0
  adj 1: warranting only temporal punishment; "venial sin" [syn: minor, venial] 2: easily excused or forgiven; "a venial error" [syn: excusable, forgivable, venial]
• patrilineal 0
  adj 1: based on or tracing descent through the male line; "a patrilineal society" [syn: patrilineal, patrilinear]
• intracranial 0
  adj 1: within the skull
• vicennial 0
  adj 1: occurring once every 20 years
• decennial 0
• quadrennial 0
• septennial 0
• nathaniel 0
• monial 0
• octennial 0
• quinquennial 0
• sexennial 0
• subcranial 0
• extracranial 0
• domanial 0

See also colonial definition and colonial synonyms