Meanings
comparative more chameleonic · superlative most chameleonic
- Resembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes.
But it's worth noting that, despite the dancers' skintight unitards (of a chameleonic fabric that picked up whatever color shone on it), the sexes are barely distinguishable.
1988 April 15, Laura Molzahn, “Labor Movement”, in Chicago Reader1 more example
David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday, his publicist confirmed to NPR.
2025 March 1, Annie Zaleski, “David Johansen, who fronted the New York Dolls, dies at 75”, in NPRSynonyms: chameleon-like
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling a chameleon: readily changing color or other attributes.
Origin
Translations
Catalan camaleònic
- camaleònicreadily changing color or other attributes
German sehr wechselhaft
- sehr wechselhaftreadily changing color or other attributes
Italian camaleontico
- camaleonticoreadily changing color or other attributes
Portuguese camaleónico, camaleônico
- camaleónicoreadily changing color or other attributes
- camaleônicoreadily changing color or other attributes
Spanish camaleónico
- camaleónicoreadily changing color or other attributes
Swedish kameleontisk
- kameleontiskreadily changing color or other attributes
Cite this entry
chameleonic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chameleonic
“chameleonic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chameleonic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chameleonic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chameleonic.
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