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Meaning
Adj
●
Having
yellow
as its color.
●
Lacking courage.
●
In Mass media & Publishing:
Characterized by
sensationalism
,
lurid
content
, and
doubtful
accuracy.
🤬
Of the
skin
, having the
colour
traditionally
attributed
to Far East Asians, especially Chinese.
🤬
Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
🤬
In Australian English:
Of
mixed
Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
●
In American English:
Synonym of high yellow
●
In UK politics:
Related to the Liberal Democrats.
●
In Politics:
Related to the Free Democratic Party; a
political party
in Germany.
Noun
●
The
colour
of
gold
,
cheese
, or a
lemon
; the
colour
obtained
by
mixing
green
and
red light
, or by
subtracting
blue
from
white
light
.
●
In American English:
The
intermediate
light
in a set of three
traffic lights
, the
illumination
of which
indicates
that
drivers
should
stop short
of the
intersection
if it is
safe
to do so.
●
In Snooker:
One of the
colour
balls
used in
snooker
, with a value of 2 points.
●
One of two
groups
of
object balls
, or a
ball
from that group, as used in the
principally
British
version
of
pool
that
makes use
of
unnumbered
balls
(the (yellow(s) and red(s));
contrast
stripes
and
solids
in the
originally
American
version
with
numbered
balls
).
●
In Sports:
A
yellow
card.
●
In Pierid butterflies:
Any of various
pierid
butterflies
of the
subfamily
Coliadinae, especially the
yellow
coloured
species
. Compare sulphur.
Verb
●
To become
yellow
or more
yellow
.
●
To make (something)
yellow
or more
yellow
.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
yellow
English
yelwe
Middle English (1100-1500)
geolu
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Cowardly
Yeallow
Yeller
Amber
Xantho-
High Yellow
Antonyms
Nonyellow
Unyellow
Red
Green
Related
Orange
Reddish
White
Red
Pink
Greenish
Blue
Purple
Green
Turquoise
Grey
Black
Pinkish
Brownish
Maroon
Brown
Pale
Violet
Colour
Colored
Dark
Gray
Purplish
Neon
Cyan
Color
Colourless
Shade
Bluish
Golden
Hue
Colorless
Translucent
Coloured
Colours
Grayish
Crimson
Blackish
Magenta
Whitish
Burgundy
Tint
Glow
Striped
Opaque
Colors
Bright Green
Lime Green
Black Color
Dark Blue
Hot Pink
Dark Red
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Rhymes
Relo
Cello
Jello
'Cello
Spello
Pellow
Fellow
Jell-O
Yellow
Mellow
Bellow
Bargello
Bordello
Portobello
Limoncello
Punchinello
Violoncello
Punchinello
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