Synonyms for calico
ˈkæl ɪˌkoʊcal·i·co

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1. calicoadjective

   Synonyms:
   tortoiseshell

2. calicoadjective

   Having a pattern of red and contrasting areas, resembling the color of calico cloth.

   Synonyms:
   tortoiseshell

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1. calicoadjective

   coarse cloth with a bright print

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

2. calicoadjective

   made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

   "calico dresses"; "a calico cat"

   Synonyms:
   multicolor, particolored, piebald, pied, motley, multi-colour, multi-colored, varicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, multi-coloured, multicolored, multi-color, painted, varicoloured, particoloured

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

3. motley, calico, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicolouredadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   multi-color, motley, multicolor, particolored, miscellaneous, multicoloured, painted, mixed, pied, sundry(a), piebald, multicolored, multicolour, multi-colored, multi-colour, particoloured, varicolored, multi-coloured, variegated, assorted, varicoloured

   Antonyms:
   uncolored, uncoloured

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1. caliconoun

   Synonyms:
   [Eng.] cotton cloth

2. caliconoun

   Synonyms:
   [U.S.] print, printed cotton cloth

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1. caliconoun

   Synonyms:
   print

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1. List of paraphrases for "calico":

   black

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1. Miriam Hibel:

   If you're sitting at the cat cafe and you're having a cup of coffee and this beautiful 10-year-old calico cat comes and rubs up against your leg, and you're someone who is open to adopting, you're just as likely to have your heart connect to that cat as Julian, who is 10 months old.