pastel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of various pale or light colors
Types & categories
- chromatic color hypernym
Related & opposite
- pastel derivation
Sense 2 adjective
lacking in body or vigor
faded pastel charms of the naive music
Related & opposite
- delicate similar to
Sense 3 adjective
delicate and pale in color
pastel pink
Related & opposite
- pastel derivation
- light-colored similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chromatic color |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | delicate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pastel |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | light-colored |