Definition of yellow

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  • yellow is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • yellow is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
  • yellow is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of yellow

  • of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. xanthous
    2. yellowish
  • yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. yellowness
  • typical of tabloids (adjective)

    Examples

    1. yellow press

    Synonyms

    1. scandalmongering
    2. sensationalistic
  • easily frightened (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. chicken
    2. chickenhearted
    3. lily-livered
    4. white-livered
    5. yellow-bellied
  • affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. icteric
    2. jaundiced
  • changed to a yellowish color by age (adjective)

    Examples

    1. yellowed parchment

    Synonyms

    1. yellowed
  • cowardly or treacherous (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the little yellow stain of treason
    2. too yellow to stand and fight
  • turn yellow (verb)

    Examples

    1. The pages of the book began to yellow

See definition of yellow in Merriam Webster