Yellow — synonyms, definition

1. yellow (a)

chicken cowardly craven dastardly faint-hearted lily-livered pusillanimous recreant timid timorous

2. yellow (Noun)

flaxen gold sand tan tawny yellowness

yellow (Noun) — Yellow colour or pigment; the chromatic colour resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.

chromatic color chromatic colour spectral color spectral colour amber brownish yellow canary canary yellow gamboge gold greenish yellow lemon lemon yellow maize old gold orange yellow pale yellow saffron straw wheat

3. yellow (Adjective)

chicken-livered chickenhearted icteric jaundiced scandalmongering sensationalistic white-livered xanthous yellow-bellied yellowed yellowish yellowy

yellow (Adjective) — Of the colour intermediate between green and orange in the colour spectrum; of something resembling the colour of an egg yolk. ex. "I just want to discuss the reason for the yellow tinge on your teeth"

yellow (Adjective) — Easily frightened. ex. "It was long tank with three European fire-bellied and three yellow-bellied toads"

yellow (Adjective) — Changed to a yellowish colour by age. ex. "yellow parchment"

yellow (Adjective) — Typical of tabloids. ex. "yellow press"

yellow (Adjective) — Cowardly or treacherous. ex. "the little yellow stain of treason" ex. "too yellow to stand and fight"

yellow (Adjective) — Affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc.

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4. yellow (Verb)

yellow (Verb) — Turn yellow. ex. "The pages of the book began to yellow"

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