yellow

/jˈɛloʊ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
2. easily frightened
3. changed to a yellowish color by age
   “yellowed parchment”
4. typical of tabloids
   “sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal”
5. cowardly or treacherous-M.W.Straight
   “the little yellow stain of treason”
6. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

noun

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

verb

1. turn yellow
   “The pages of the book began to yellow”

Synonyms for yellow

• yellowish
• xanthous
• chromatic
• chicken
• chickenhearted
• lily-livered
• white-livered
• yellow-bellied
• cowardly
• yellowed
• old
• scandalmongering
• sensationalistic
• sensational
• dishonorable
• jaundiced
• icteric
• unhealthy
• yellowness

Words that rhyme with yellow

• mellow
• fellow
• bellow
• bedfellow
• morello
• tangelo
• cello
• jello
• marshmallow
• abbatiello
• agnello
• aiello
• anello
• angello
• arguello
• augello
• azzarello
• barcelo
• bello
• belo
• bilello
• bonello
• borello
• borrello
• botelho
• botello
• botshabelo
• buentello
• cabello
• caldrello