yellow
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
Types & categories
- chromatic color hypernym
- canary yellow hyponym
- amber hyponym
- brownish yellow hyponym
- lemon yellow hyponym
- old gold hyponym
- orange yellow hyponym
- pale yellow hyponym
- greenish yellow hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
turn yellow
The pages of the book began to yellow
Types & categories
- discolour hypernym
Related & opposite
- yellow derivation
Sense 3 adjective
of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
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Sense 4 adjective
easily frightened
Related & opposite
- crybaby derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- cowardly similar to
Sense 5 adjective
changed to a yellowish color by age
yellowed parchment
Related & opposite
- old similar to
Sense 6 adjective
cowardly or treacherous
the little yellow stain of treason
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- dishonorable similar to
Sense 7 adjective
affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | yellow |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | yellow |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | chromatic color |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | canary yellow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brownish yellow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lemon yellow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | old gold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | orange yellow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pale yellow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | greenish yellow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | yellow |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | discolour |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | yellow |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | chromatic |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | crybaby |
| 4 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | cowardly |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | old |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | dishonorable |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | jaundice |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | unhealthy |