Synonyms for YELLOW
ˈyɛl oʊyel·low

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1. yellownoun

   To cause to become yellow or more yellow.

   Synonyms:
   cowardly, amber

   Antonyms:
   red, green

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1. yellow, yellownessadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   yellow, yellowness

   Antonyms:
   unsensational, new, honourable, brave, healthy, neutral, achromatic, honorable, courageous

2. yellow, yellowish, xanthousadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   jaundiced, yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, yellow, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, chicken, lily-livered, yellow(a), chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   new, healthy, courageous, honourable, honorable, neutral, achromatic, unsensational, brave

3. chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-belliedadjective

   easily frightened

   Synonyms:
   jaundiced, yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, yellow, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, chicken, lily-livered, yellow(a), chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   courageous, brave, unsensational, honorable, healthy, neutral, new, achromatic, honourable

4. yellow, yellowedadjective

   changed to a yellowish color by age

   "yellowed parchment"

   Synonyms:
   jaundiced, yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, yellow, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, chicken, lily-livered, yellow(a), chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   neutral, honorable, new, achromatic, healthy, courageous, unsensational, brave, honourable

5. scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow(a)adjective

   typical of tabloids

   "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press"

   Antonyms:
   brave, neutral, healthy, new, honourable, achromatic, courageous, unsensational, honorable

6. yellowadjective

   cowardly or treacherous

   "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"

   Synonyms:
   jaundiced, yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, chicken, lily-livered, yellow(a), chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   honorable, brave, unsensational, neutral, honourable, achromatic, healthy, courageous, new

7. jaundiced, icteric, yellowverb

   affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

   Synonyms:
   yellow(a), yellow-bellied, icteric, scandalmongering, yellow, white-livered, yellowed, xanthous, yellowish, chicken, lily-livered, jaundiced, chickenhearted, sensationalistic

   Antonyms:
   neutral, new, achromatic, brave, unsensational, honorable, honourable, healthy, courageous

8. yellowverb

   turn yellow

   "The pages of the book began to yellow"

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, unsensational, brave, honorable, courageous, honourable, new, healthy, neutral

Matched Categories

1. • Discolor

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1. yellowadjective

   Synonyms:
   golden, FULVOUS, FULVID, gold-colored

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1. yellowadjective

   Synonyms:
   golden, sallow, tawny, ecru, amber, fallow, fulvous, croconic, jaundiced, fulvid, buff, luteous, saffron, ocherous, lurid

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1. List of paraphrases for "yellow":

   jaune, amarillo, yolk, wong, lutea, huang, amber, yellowish, flue-cured, gook, -green, hwang, scab, selective-yellow

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1. Floyd Cardoz:

   Turmeric is the yellow coloring that you find in most curries, but what most people don’t know about turmeric is that it’s a great antioxidant, it’s got great anti-cancer properties.

2. Tadej Pogacar:

   The battle between me and Jonas for the yellow jersey has been very special, i think we have some very interesting next two or three years ahead of us. Jonas has stepped up his game this year.

3. Rush Limbaugh:

   You know what's been overheard in some of the cheering over there ? I kid you not. I know friends who are there. There are some people wearing the yellow vests chanting,' We want Trump' among the rioters in Paris.

4. Olga Guseva:

   One was holding the door, the other one with [ screams of profanities ] threw a bottle with a yellow liquid with a strong pungent chemical smell.

5. Bruce Aylward:

   The big push really is around surveillance and laboratory diagnostics capacity so that if people start turning yellow and dying, you get diagnostics rapidly and vaccination.