yellow - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons

Synonyms

• yellow
• yellowness

More generic

• chromatic color
• chromatic colour
• spectral color
• spectral colour

More specific

• amber
• brownish yellow
• canary
• canary yellow
• gamboge
• gold
• greenish yellow
• lemon
• lemon yellow
• maize
• old gold
• orange yellow
• pale yellow
• saffron
• straw
• wheat

Verb

turn yellow

Synonyms

• yellow

More generic

• color
• colour
• discolor
• discolour

Adjective

easily frightened

Synonyms

• chicken
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• white-livered
• yellow
• yellow-bellied

Related

• cowardly
• fearful

Adjective

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

Synonyms

• xanthous
• yellow
• yellowish

Related

• chromatic

Adjective

affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

Synonyms

• icteric
• jaundiced
• yellow

Related

• unhealthy

Adjective

cowardly or treacherous

Synonyms

• yellow

Related

• dishonorable
• dishonourable

Adjective

changed to a yellowish color by age

Synonyms

• yellow
• yellowed

Related

• old

Adjective

typical of tabloids

Synonyms

• scandalmongering
• sensationalistic
• yellow

Related

• sensational

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