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. Nerik Shimunov:

   We saw an increase of about 20 percent (in yellow gold jewelry sales) from the beginning of the year.

2. Hernando Agudelo Ospina:

   This is an urban pattern of outbreak of Yellow Fever and it is much more complicated to tackle and deal with, the possibility of spreading out to other provinces or even to the all country is much higher than if it had happened in a rural area.

3. Kelly Kim:

   One night, we just said 'Yellow Fever!' and it worked. It's tongue-in-cheek, kind of shocking, and it's not exclusive — you can fit all Asian cultures under one roof with a name like this. We just decided to go for it.

4. Esther Bustamante:

   They immediately put up yellow [ tape ] saying it was a crime scene, then I knew the worst was coming.

5. Health Minister Felix Kabange:

   I declare today a localized epidemic of yellow fever in the provinces of Kinshasa, Kongo Central and Kwango.