yellow
adjective
1. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
Similar word(s): chromatic, xanthous, yellowish
2. easily frightened
Similar word(s): cowardly, fearful, chicken, chickenhearted
3. changed to a yellowish color by age
- yellowed parchment
Similar word(s): old, yellowed
4. typical of tabloids
- yellow press
Similar word(s): sensational, scandalmongering, sensationalistic
5. cowardly or treacherous
- the little yellow stain of treason
- too yellow to stand and fight
Similar word(s): dishonorable, dishonourable
6. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Similar word(s): unhealthy, icteric, jaundiced
Sentences with yellow as an adjective:
- yellow constituencies
- The black-yellow coalition
noun
1. yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Similar word(s): yellowness
Definition categories: attribute