Synonyms for pale
peɪlpale

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1. pale

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, faint, dim, undefined, etiolated, sallow, cadaverous

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, deep

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1. picket, paleadjective

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, picket, sentinel, scout

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, full, dark

2. paleadjective

   very light colored; highly diluted with white

   "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, dark, full

3. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

   (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

   "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, mad, unhinged, sick(p), sick, ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   colorful, full, dark, colourful, strong

4. pale, pallidadjective

   lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

   "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, dark, colorful, strong

5. pale, pallid, wanadjective

   abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

   "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   strong, colorful, dark, colourful, full

6. paleverb

   not full or rich

   "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   full, strong, colourful, colorful, dark

7. pale, blanch, blenchverb

   turn pale, as if in fear

   Synonyms:
   parboil, blench, blanch

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, strong, colorful, dark

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1. paleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, cadaverous, not ruddy

2. paleadjective

   Synonyms:
   dim, sombre

3. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, stake

4. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   enclosure, circuit

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1. paleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, colorless, ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate, ashy, dim, faint, indistinct, obscure

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, buxom, flushed, blowzed

2. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, boundary, limit, confine, fence, inclosure

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1. List of paraphrases for "pale":

   bali, blade, faint, light-coloured, light, leap, palley, livid

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1. List of known nicknames for "Pale":

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1. Ghida Dagher:

   Through our new report, the State of Representation 2022, we discovered that while state legislatures are still overwhelmingly pale, stale, and male, the composition of these elected bodies is rapidly changing, since 2020, Latina and Black women legislators have made significant gains in representation and now outnumber their male colleagues.

2. Matt Schlapp:

   At this moment, we need a conservative who speaks not in pale pastels but bold colors.

3. Nicholas Smith:

   At the moment people are assuming that oil is a barometer of global trade and they worry that falling oil prices mean there is no demand, but all other concerns pale in significance to next week's Fed meeting. The trouble with this recent volatility is it makes it harder to work out sentiment surrounding a possible rate hike.

4. Casey Daggett:

   We were noticing that her [ Zoey ] fingers were turning bluer and she was getting more pale, we had the nurses come and visit in the morning and we were just sitting with her. They knew that she was getting closer [ to death ]. So we sat with her and held on to her. We all just sat with her and waited.

5. Joseph Bompartito:

   They looked miserable, malnourished, very skinny, very pale with a depressed look on their face.