Yellow meaning

What does “yellow” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“yellow” is a noun, verb and adjective with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons.

yellow

noun

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

    Synonymsyellowness

verb

  1. turn yellow

    “The pages of the book began to yellow”

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”

    Synonymsyellowed
  4. typical of tabloids

    “sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal”

    “yellow press”

  5. cowardly or treacherous

    “the little yellow stain of treason”

    “too yellow to stand and fight”

  6. affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University