metallic

/məˈtælɪk/

/məˈtælɪk/

Other forms: metallically; metallics; metallicly

Metallic things are either made out of metal or look like they are. Your metallic party dress might be covered in sparkly silver sequins. Yowza!

A metallic bicycle might be unpainted chrome — made of metal, in other words. Your metallic nail polish only resembles metal, glinting and shining gold. It's also possible to taste something that reminds you of metal and get a lingering metallic taste in your mouth. Metallic comes from metal, and both are rooted in the Greek metallon, "metal or ore."

Definitions of metallic

1. adjective

   containing or made of or resembling or characteristic of a metal
   “a metallic compound”

   “metallic luster”

   “"the strange metallic note of the meadow lark, suggesting the clash of vibrant blades"- Ambrose Bierce”

   synonyms: metal

   all-metal

   consisting completely of metal

   aluminiferous

   containing alum or aluminum

   antimonial

   containing antimony

   argentiferous

   containing or yielding silver

   auriferous, gold-bearing

   containing gold

   bimetal, bimetallic

   formed of two different metals or alloys; especially in sheets bonded together

   bronze

   made from or consisting of bronze

   gilded, gold, golden

   made from or covered with gold

   metal-looking, metallic-looking, metallike

   resembling metal

   silver

   made from or largely consisting of silver

   tinny

   thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance

   antonyms:

   nonmetallic

   not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal

   metalloid

   of or being a nonmetallic element that has some of the properties of metal
2. noun

   a yarn made partly or entirely of metal
   type of:

   thread, yarn

   a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving
3. noun

   a fabric made of a yarn that is partly or entirely of metal
   type of:

   cloth, fabric, material, textile

   artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers