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Definitions for Yellow

[1] a color like that of egg yolk, ripe lemons, etc.; the primary color between green and orange in the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 570 and 590 nm.
[2] the yolk of an egg.
[3] a yellow pigment or dye.
[4] Informal . yellow light.
[5] Slang . yellow jacket(def 2) .
[6] of the color yellow.
[7] Disparaging and Offensive . designating or pertaining to an Asian person or Asian peoples. designating or pertaining to a person of mixed racial origin, especially of black and white heritage.
[8] having a sallow or yellowish complexion.
[9] Informal . cowardly.
[10] (of a newspaper, book, etc.) featuring articles, pictures, or other content that is sensational, especially morbidly or offensively so: yellow rags; yellow biographies. dishonest in editorial comment and the presentation of news, especially in sacrificing truth for sensationalism, as in yellow journalism ; yellow press .
[11] jealous; envious.
[12] to make or become yellow: Yellow the sheets with dye. The white stationery had yellowed with age.
[13] any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same hue. They lie in the approximate wavelength range 585–575 nanometres. Yellow is the complementary colour of blue and with cyan and magenta forms a set of primary colours Related adjective: xanthous
[14] a pigment or dye of or producing these colours
[15] yellow cloth or clothing dressed in yellow
[16] the yolk of an egg
[17] a yellow ball in snooker, etc
[18] any of a group of pieridine butterflies the males of which have yellow or yellowish wings, esp the clouded yellows (Colias spp.) and the brimstone
[19] of the colour yellow
[20] yellowish in colour or having parts or marks that are yellowish yellow jasmine
[21] having a yellowish skin; Mongoloid
[22] informal cowardly or afraid
[23] offensively sensational, as a cheap newspaper (esp in the phrase yellow press )
[24] to make or become yellow

Words related to Yellow

sneaking, chicken, offensive, low, craven, amber, ivory, lemon, gold, blond, cream, buff, chrome, saffron, sand, bisque, deceitful, gutless, lily-livered, pusillanimous

Words nearby Yellow

yelisavetpol, yelizaveta petrovna, yelizavetgrad, yelk, yell, yellow, yellow alert, yellow archangel, yellow atrophy of liver, yellow avens, yellow belly

Origin of Yellow

before 900; 1895–1900 for def 9 ; Middle English yelou (adj. and noun), Old English geolo, geolu (adj.); cognate with Dutch geel, German gelb, Latin helvus pale-yellow; akin to Old Norse gulr

Other words from Yellow

yel·low·ly , adverb
yel·low·ness , noun

Word origin for Yellow

Old English geolu; related to Old Saxon, Old High German gelo, Old Norse gulr, Latin helvus

Synonyms for Yellow

chicken, craven, low, offensive, sneaking, deceitful, gutless, lily-livered, pusillanimous, treacherous, tricky, unethical, unprincipled