Synonyms for yellow
ˈyɛl oʊyel·low

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1. yellownoun

   Lacking courage.

   Synonyms:
   amber, cowardly

   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:
   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, 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, 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, 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, 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

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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. John Sanford:

   It’s not whether you are gay or transgender or black or white or yellow or pink. To me it doesn’t matter, if you walk through my door I’ll be happy to fix you a plate of barbecue.

2. Geraint Thomas:

   Egan is in yellow so the main thing is he finishes the job. I haven't seen any GC but for sure he'll have a decent advantage so we fully support him now.

3. Rohan Millar:

   It's a very simple platform. As the major parties are engaging in negative campaigning, he's got the bright yellow colors, offering a new direction, a return to jobs and prosperity, there's large tracts of Australia where he resonates.

4. Julia Haller:

   One of the typical color confusions we see is blue/yellow, so perhaps in this dress, the black has a bit of blue and the gold has a bit of yellow.

5. Noel Duan:

   This whole exhibition was about celebrating the influence of Chinese fashion -- yet no one understood the significance of Rihanna wearing a yellow cape with traditional Chinese embroidery, it's disappointing but not surprising.

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