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:
   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. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   Sabism is an art and theatric movement of 21st century occupied with the philotipes, mythologic forms, schematism and chromatic scales, dual art, logism of color, cult art, conglomeration. As an art movement it tries to explore word act, group performance, collective structure, fruitfulness and aesthetics of multitude through philotipes as implicit connotation of colors or schemes in their general use (honeysuckle yellow, female, courtly, savage, dionysiaque).

2. Russell Schultz:

   All( of a) sudden fights are breaking out all over the place, and here come marching across a field are these guys in black-and-yellow-striped polos, and it, to me, it just looked like something from' Braveheart.'.

3. Allen Cook:

   The envelope was old and yellow. It has never been opened. It was unbelievable when my son-in-law started reading it. In the letter she was talking about the baby she was going to have.

4. Don Felder:

   I think Don Henley is a brilliant contemporary rock writer. He would have been a fabulous poet if he weren't a musician. He was a literary major, and not only that - he's gifted with a brilliant voice. To me, Don could sing the New York City Yellow Pages and I'd buy it. I just love the sound of his voice.

5. 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.