Synonyms of the word

chromatic

• adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
• adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
• adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

amber

• n. (obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
• n. A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber,…
• n. A brownish yellow colour.
• n. (Britain) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that…
• n. (biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this…
• adj. Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
• v. (transitive, rare) To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
• v. (transitive, rare) To preserve in amber.
• v. (transitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
• v. (intransitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To take on the yellow colour of amber.

amethyst

• n. A transparent purple variety of quartz, used as a gemstone.
• n. (uncountable) A purple colour.
• n. (heraldry) The purple tincture when emblazoning the arms of the English nobility.
• adj. Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone.

auburn

• n. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
• adj. Of a reddish-brown colour.

aureate

• adj. Golden in color or shine.
• adj. (rhetoric) Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often…

avocado

• n. The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree.
• n. The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
• n. A dull yellowish-green colour, the colour of the meat of an avocado.
• adj. Of a dull yellowish-green colour.

azure

• n. (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
• n. (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
• n. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
• n. Lapis lazuli.
• adj. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
• adj. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.
• v. (transitive) To colour blue.

beige

• n. A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
• n. debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
• adj. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
• adj. (informal) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

blood-red

• adj. Bright red in color, like the color of fresh blood.

blue

• adj. Of the colour blue.
• adj. (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
• adj. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
• adj. (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented…
• adj. (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant…
• adj. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
• adj. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
• adj. (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
• adj. (archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
• adj. (comedy) Risque or obscene.
• n. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the…
• n. A blue dye or pigment.
• n. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
• n. Blue clothing.
• n. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
• n. (slang) A member of law enforcement.
• n. The sky, literally or figuratively.
• n. The ocean; deep waters.
• n. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
• n. Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatini in the family Lycaenidae.
• n. A bluefish.
• n. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
• n. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
• n. (Britain) A type of firecracker.
• n. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• v. (ergative) To make or become blue.
• v. (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes…
• v. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
• v. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
• adj. (entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

blue-green

• adj. Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan.

blueish

• adj. Alternative spelling of bluish.

bluish

• adj. Having a tint or hue similar to the colour blue.
• adj. (figuratively) Somewhat depressed; sad.

blushful

• adj. Full of blushes.

bronze

• n. (uncountable) A natural or man-made alloy of copper, usually of tin, but also with one or more other metals.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, the colour of bronze.
• n. (countable) A work of art made of bronze, especially a sculpture.
• n. A bronze medal.
• n. Boldness; impudence; brass.
• adj. Made of bronze metal.
• adj. Having a reddish-brown colour.
• adj. (of the skin) Tanned; darkened as a result of exposure to the sun.
• v. (transitive) To plate with bronze.
• v. (transitive) To color bronze; (of the sun) to tan.
• v. (intransitive, of the skin) To change to a bronze or tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
• v. (transitive) To make hard or unfeeling; to brazen.

bronzy

• adj. Approximately bronze colored.

brown

• n. (countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
• n. (snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
• n. (uncountable) Black tar heroin.
• n. (sometimes capitalised, countable) A person of Middle Eastern, Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned…
• adj. Having a brown colour.
• adj. (obsolete) Gloomy.
• adj. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the…
• v. (intransitive) To become brown.
• v. (cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown.
• v. (intransitive, transitive) To tan.
• v. (transitive) To make brown or dusky.
• v. (transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on…
• v. (demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively…

brownish

• adj. Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.

buff

• n. Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.
• n. A tool, often one covered with buff leather, used for polishing.
• n. A brownish yellow colour.
• n. A military coat made of buff leather.
• n. (informal) A person who is very interested in a particular subject; an enthusiast.
• n. (video games, role-playing games) An effect that temporarily makes a character stronger.
• n. (rail transport) Compressive coupler force that occurs during a slack bunched condition.
• n. The bare skin.
• n. The greyish viscid substance constituting the buffy coat.
• n. A substance used to dilute (street) drugs in order to increase profits.
• n. The meat of a buffalo.
• adj. Of the color of buff leather, a brownish yellow.
• adj. (bodybuilding): Unusually muscular. (also buffed or buffed out).
• adj. (slang) attractive.
• v. To polish and make shiny by rubbing.
• v. (video games, role-playing games) To make a character or an item stronger.
• v. To strike.
• n. (obsolete) A buffet; a blow.

canary

• n. A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
• n. Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
• n. A light, slightly greenish, yellow colour.
• n. A light, sweet, white wine from the Canary Islands.
• n. A lively dance, possibly of Spanish origin (also called canaries).
• n. Any test subject, especially an inadvertent or unwilling one. (From the mining practice of using canaries…
• n. (computing) A value placed in memory such that it will be the first data corrupted by a buffer overflow,…
• n. (informal) A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
• n. (slang) An informer or snitch; a squealer.
• n. (slang) A (usually yellow) capsule of the short-acting barbiturate pentobarbital/pentobarbitone (Nembutal).
• n. (Australia, informal) A yellow sticker of unroadworthiness.
• adj. Of a light yellow colour.
• v. (intransitive) to dance nimbly (as in the canary dance).
• v. (slang) to inform or snitch, to betray secrets, especially about illegal activities.

caramel

• n. A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize…
• n. A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
• n. A yellow-brown color.
• adj. Of a yellow-brown color.
• v. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.

carmine

• n. A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its…
• n. A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
• adj. Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.

carnation

• n. (botany) A type of Eurasian plant widely cultivated for its flowers.
• n. The type of flower they bear, originally flesh-coloured, but since hybridizing found in a variety of colours.
• n. A rosy pink colour.
• n. (archaic) The pinkish colors used in art to render human face and flesh.
• n. Sometimes, a scarlet colour.
• adj. Of a rosy pink or red colour.
• adj. (archaic) Of a human flesh color.

cerise

• n. A deep, bright red colour tinted with pink.
• adj. Cherry-colored; a light bright red; -- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

cerulean

• n. (countable and uncountable) A greenish-blue color.
• n. (countable) A butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
• adj. sky-blue.

chartreuse

• n. A yellow or green liqueur made by Carthusian monks.
• n. A greenish yellow colour.
• adj. of a bright yellowish-green colour.

cherry

• n. A small fruit, usually red, black or yellow, with a smooth hard seed and a short hard stem.
• n. Prunus subg. Cerasus, trees or shrubs that bears cherries.
• n. The wood of a cherry tree.
• n. Cherry red.
• n. (slang) Virginity, especially female virginity as embodied by a hymen.
• n. (graph theory) A subtree consisting of a node with exactly two leaves.
• n. (cricket) A cricket ball.
• adj. Containing or having the taste of cherries.
• adj. Of a bright red colour.
• adj. (informal, often of cars) In excellent condition; mint condition.

chestnut

• n. A tree or shrub of the genus Castanea.
• n. The nut of this tree or shrub.
• n. (uncountable) A dark, reddish-brown colour/color.
• n. A reddish-brown horse.
• n. (uncountable) The wood of a chestnut tree.
• n. (idiomatic) (Often "old chestnut") An old joke; a worn-out meme, phrase, ploy, etc. so often repeated…
• n. A round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to…
• n. (Britain) horse-chestnut.
• adj. Of a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.

cinnabar

• n. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment…
• n. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
• n. (countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
• n. "Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.
• adj. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

colored

• adj. Having a color.
• adj. Having a particular color or kind of color.
• adj. Having prominent colors; colorful.
• adj. Influenced pervasively but subtly.
• adj. (US, now dated and potentially offensive) Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
• adj. (South Africa, potentially offensive) Of neither black nor white skin color.
• adj. (chiefly historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
• n. (US, now dated and offensive) A colored person.
• n. (laundry) A colored article of clothing.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of color.

colorful

• adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
• adj. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
• adj. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

coloured

• adj. British spelling standard spelling of colored.
• n. British spelling standard spelling of colored.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of colour.

coppery

• adj. Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.

coral

• n. (uncountable) A hard substance made of the limestone skeletons of marine polyps.
• n. (countable) A colony of marine polyps.
• n. (countable) A somewhat yellowish pink colour, the colour of red coral.
• n. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; so called from their colour.
• n. (historical) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children…
• adj. Made of coral.
• adj. Having the yellowish pink colour of coral.

creamy

• adj. Containing cream.
• adj. Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually…
• adj. Of any liquid, having the thick texture of cream.
• adj. Having the colour of cream.
• n. A horse with a cream-coloured coat.

crimson

• n. A deep, slightly bluish red.
• adj. Having a deep red colour.
• adj. Having loose morals.
• v. to blush.
• v. To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.

cyan

• n. A colour between blue and green in the visible spectrum; the complementary colour of red; the colour obtained…
• adj. Of the colour cyan.

drab

• adj. Dull, uninteresting, particularly of colour.
• n. A fabric, usually of thick wool or cotton, having a drab colour.
• n. The colour of this fabric; a dun, dull grey, or or dull brownish yellow.
• n. A wooden box, used in saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
• n. (dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern.
• n. (dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute.
• n. A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans.
• v. (obsolete) To consort with prostitutes.

dun

• n. A brownish grey colour.
• adj. Of a brownish grey colour.
• n. (countable) A collector of debts.
• n. An urgent request or demand of payment.
• v. (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
• v. (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
• n. (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
• n. (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
• n. An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
• n. (archeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded…
• v. (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do.
• v. (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of don't: Contraction of do + not.
• v. (transitive, dated) To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered…
• n. A mound or small hill.
• interj. (humorous) Imitating suspenseful music.

earthlike

• adj. Of a planet, resembling the Earth.

fuscous

• adj. Dark in color, dark-hued; dusky, swarthy.

gilded

• v. simple past tense and past participle of gild.
• adj. Having the color or quality of gold.
• adj. Made of gold or covered by a thin layer of gold.
• adj. Having a falsely pleasant appearance; sugarcoated.

gilt

• n. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
• n. (uncountable, slang) Money.
• n. (countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
• adj. Golden coloured.
• n. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of gild.

gold

• n. (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
• n. (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
• n. (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
• n. (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
• n. (countable) A gold medal.
• n. (figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
• n. (fantasy role-playing games, fantasy board games) Miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre.
• adj. Made of gold.
• adj. Having the colour of gold.
• adj. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
• v. To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning.
• adj. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
• adv. of or referring to a gold version of something.

golden

• adj. Made of, or relating to, gold.
• adj. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
• adj. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
• adj. Advantageous or very favourable.
• adj. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
• adj. Relating to the elderly or retired.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Fine, without problems.
• n. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
• v. (intransitive) To become golden (in colour).
• v. (transitive) To make golden or like gold.

green

• adj. Having green as its color.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Sickly, unwell.
• adj. Unripe, said of certain fruits that change color when they ripen.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Inexperienced.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Naïve or unaware of obvious facts.
• adj. (figuratively, of people) Overcome with envy.
• adj. (figuratively) Environmentally friendly.
• adj. (cricket) Describing a pitch which, even if there is no visible grass, still contains a significant amount…
• adj. (dated) Of bacon or similar smallgoods: unprocessed, raw, unsmoked; not smoked or spiced.
• adj. (dated) Not fully roasted; half raw.
• adj. Of freshly cut wood or lumber that has not been dried: containing moisture and therefore relatively more…
• adj. (wine) High or too high in acidity.
• adj. Full of life and vigour; fresh and vigorous; new; recent.
• adj. (Philippines) Having a sexual connotation.
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of green.
• n. The colour of growing foliage, as well as other plant cells containing chlorophyll; the colour between…
• n. (politics, sometimes capitalised) A member of a green party; an environmentalist.
• n. (golf) A putting green, the part of a golf course near the hole.
• n. (bowls) The surface upon which bowls is played.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 3 points.
• n. (Britain) a public patch of land in the middle of a settlement.
• n. A grassy plain; a piece of ground covered with verdant herbage.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) Fresh leaves or branches of trees or other plants; wreaths.
• n. Any substance or pigment of a green colour.
• n. (Britain, slang, uncountable) marijuana.
• n. (US, slang, uncountable) Money.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) green, to turn (something) green.
• v. To become or grow green in colour.
• v. (transitive) To add greenspaces to (a town).
• v. (intransitive) To become environmentally aware.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) environmentally friendly.

greenish

• adj. Somewhat green.

hazel

• n. (countable) A tree or shrub of the genus Corylus, bearing edible nuts called hazelnuts or filberts.
• n. (countable) The nut of the hazel tree.
• n. (uncountable) The wood of a hazelnut tree.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A greenish-brown colour, the colour of a ripe hazelnut.
• n. (mining, countable) freestone.
• adj. Of a greenish-brown colour. (often used to refer to eye colour).

honey

• n. (uncountable) A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar by bees. Often used to sweeten tea or…
• n. (countable) A variety of this substance.
• n. (figuratively) Something sweet or desirable.
• n. A term of affection.
• n. (countable, informal) A woman, especially an attractive one.
• n. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of (the sweet substance)…
• adj. Describing a thing involving or resembling honey.
• adj. A spectrum of pale yellow to brownish-yellow colour, like that of most types of honey.
• v. To be gentle, agreeable, or coaxing; to talk fondly; to use endearments.
• v. To be or become obsequiously courteous or complimentary; to fawn.

jade

• n. (uncountable) A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often…
• n. A bright shade of slightly bluish or greyish green, typical of polished jade stones.
• adj. Of a grayish shade of green, typical of jade stones.
• n. A horse too old to be put to work.
• n. (especially pejorative) A woman.
• v. To tire, weary or fatigue.
• v. (obsolete) To treat like a jade; to spurn.
• v. (obsolete) To make ridiculous and contemptible.

khaki

• n. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
• n. Khaki green, a dull green colour.
• n. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
• n. (rare) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
• n. (South Africa, slang) A British person (from the colour of the uniform of British troops).
• adj. Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

lavender

• n. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
• n. a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
• adj. Having a pale purple colour.
• v. (transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.

lilac

• n. A large shrub of the genus Syringa, bearing white, pale pink, or purple flowers.
• n. A flower of the lilac shrub.
• n. A pale purple colour, the colour of some lilac flowers.
• adj. (colour) having a pale purple colour.

magenta

• n. A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary…
• adj. having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

maroon

• n. An escaped negro slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of escaped slaves.
• n. A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
• adj. Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.
• v. To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a deserted island.
• n. A dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
• adj. Of a maroon color.
• n. (nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew…
• n. (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.

mauve

• n. (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
• n. The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
• adj. Having a pale purple colour.

mouselike

• adj. Resembling or characteristic of a mouse (rodent); as, a mouselike squeak, mouselike timidity.
• adv. (postpositive) In a mouselike way.

mousey

• adj. Alternative spelling of mousy.

mousy

• adj. Resembling a mouse.
• adj. Quiet, stealthy.
• adj. Timid.
• adj. A greyish brown colour.

ocher

• n. Alternative spelling of ochre.
• v. Alternative spelling of ochre.

ochre

• n. An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
• n. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
• n. (molecular biology, colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA.".
• adj. Having a yellow-orange colour.
• adj. (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
• v. To cover or tint with ochre.

olive

• n. An evergreen tree, Olea europaea, cultivated since ancient times in the Mediterranean for its fruit and…
• n. The small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green).
• n. The wood of the olive tree.
• n. A dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive.
• n. (anatomy) An olivary body, part of the medulla oblongata.
• n. A component of a plumbing compression joint; a ring which is placed between the nut and the pipe and compressed…
• n. (cooking) A small slice of meat seasoned, rolled up, and cooked.
• n. Any shell of the genus Oliva and allied genera; so called from the shape.
• n. (Britain, dialect) An oystercatcher, a shore bird.
• adj. Of a grayish green color, that of an unripe olive.

orange

• n. An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis.
• n. The fruit of an orange tree; a citrus fruit with a slightly sour flavour.
• n. The colour of a ripe fruit of an orange tree, midway between red and yellow.
• n. Orange juice.
• n. Orange coloured and flavoured cordial.
• n. Orange coloured and flavoured soft drink.
• adj. Having the colour of the fruit of an orange tree; yellowred; reddish-yellow.
• v. (transitive) To color orange.
• v. (intransitive) To become orange.

orangish

• adj. Relatively orange in colour.
• adj. Similar to an orange.

peachy

• adj. Resembling a peach, peach-like.
• adj. (slang) Very good, excellent.

pink

• n. (regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus.
• n. (regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.
• n. (now historical) A narrow boat.
• v. To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.
• v. To prick with a sword.
• v. To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
• v. To choose; to cull; to pick out.
• n. A stab.
• n. Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.
• n. (dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.
• n. The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.
• n. Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.
• n. (slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare…
• adj. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
• adj. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
• adj. Having conjunctivitis.
• adj. (obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism…
• adj. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
• adj. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
• v. (transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to…
• v. (of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the…
• v. (obsolete) To wink; to blink.
• adj. (obsolete) Half-shut; winking.

pinkish

• adj. Somewhat pink.

purple

• n. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
• n. Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority;…
• n. (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
• n. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog…
• n. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension…
• n. (medicine) Purpura.
• n. Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
• n. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia…
• n. A cardinalate.
• adj. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
• adj. (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support,…
• adj. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
• adj. Imperial; regal.
• adj. Blood-red; bloody.
• adj. (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
• v. (intransitive) To turn purple in colour.

purplish

• adj. Somewhat purple in colour/color.

red

• adj. Having red as its color.
• adj. (of hair) Having an orange-brown colour; ginger.
• adj. (card games, of a card) Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare black (“of the spades or clubs suits”).
• adj. (often capitalized) Left-wing, especially socialist or communist.
• adj. (US, modern) Supportive of or dominated by the political party represented by the color red, especially…
• adj. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations.
• adj. (US, modern) Of, pertaining to, or run by (a member of) the political party represented by the color red,…
• adj. (Britain) Supportive of the Labour Party.
• adj. (politics) Related to the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
• adj. (astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum…
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of red.
• n. (countable and uncountable) Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible…
• n. (countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; (usually capitalized) a Bolshevik,…
• n. (countable, snooker) One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.
• n. (countable and uncountable) Red wine.
• n. (derogatory, offensive) An Amerind.
• n. (slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.
• n. (informal) A red light (a traffic signal).
• n. (Ireland, Britain, beverages, informal) red lemonade.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• n. (US, colloquial, uncountable) chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red").
• v. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of rede.
• v. (colloquial) Alternative spelling of redd.
• v. (transitive, Pennsylvania) Alternative spelling of redd.

reddish

• adj. Somewhat red.

rosaceous

• adj. (botany) Of or pertaining to a rose, or a member of the Rosaceae family of plants.
• adj. Resembling or characteristic of rosacea; rosy; reddish.

rose

• n. A shrub of the genus Rosa, with red, pink, white or yellow flowers.
• n. A flower of the rose plant.
• n. A plant or species in the rose family. (Rosaceae).
• n. Something resembling a rose flower.
• n. (heraldry) The rose flower, usually depicted with five petals, five barbs, and a circular seed.
• n. A purplish-red or pink colour, the colour of some rose flowers.
• n. A round nozzle for a sprinkling can or hose.
• n. The base of a light socket.
• n. (mathematics) Any of various flower-like polar graphs of sinusoids or their squares.
• n. (mathematics, graph theory) A graph with only one vertex.
• v. (poetic, transitive) To make rose-coloured; to redden or flush.
• v. (poetic, transitive) To perfume, as with roses.
• adj. Having a purplish-red or pink colour. See rosy.
• v. simple past tense of rise.
• n. Alternative spelling of rosé.

roseate

• adj. Like the rose flower; pink; rosy.

rosy

• adj. Rose-coloured.
• adj. Resembling rose, as in scent of perfume.
• adj. Optimistic.
• n. (slang, Britain) tea.

ruby

• n. A clear, deep, red variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
• n. (obsolete) A red spinel.
• n. A deep red colour.
• n. (uncountable, printing, Britain, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as…
• n. A ruby hummer, a South American hummingbird, Clytolaema rubricauda.
• n. A red bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rubra.
• adj. Of a deep red colour.
• v. (transitive, poetic) To make red; to redden.
• n. A pronunciation guide written above or beside Chinese or Japanese characters.

ruddy

• adj. Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.
• adj. (Britain, slang) A mild intensifier.
• n. (informal) ruddy duck.
• v. (transitive) To make reddish in colour.

russet

• n. A reddish-brown color.
• n. A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
• n. A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
• n. A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.
• adj. Having a reddish-brown color.
• adj. (archaic) Gray or ash-colored.
• adj. Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
• adj. The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
• adj. (botany) Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) Of apples, pears, etc.: to develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.

rust

• n. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation.
• n. A similar substance based on another metal (usually with qualification, such as "copper rust").
• n. A reddish-brown color.
• n. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus.
• v. (intransitive) to oxidize, especially of iron or steel.
• v. (transitive) to cause to oxidize.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust.
• v. (figuratively) To degenerate in idleness; to become dull or impaired by inaction.

rusty

• adj. Marked or corroded by rust.
• adj. Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.
• adj. Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.
• adj. (now chiefly historical) Of clothing, especially dark clothing: worn, shabby.
• adj. Discolored and rancid; reasty.

sage

• adj. Wise.
• adj. (obsolete) grave; serious; solemn.
• n. A wise person or spiritual teacher; a man or woman of gravity and wisdom, especially, a teacher venerable…
• n. The plant Salvia officinalis and savory spice produced from it; also planted for ornamental purposes.
• n. Any plant in the genus Salvia.
• n. Any of a number of plants such as sagebrush considered to be similar to Salvia officinalis, mostly because…
• interj. (Internet slang) Word used in the email field of imageboards to prevent a bump of the post. Used as an…
• v. (Internet slang) The act of using the word or option sage in the email field or a checkbox of an imageboard…

salmon

• n. One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily.
• n. (plural salmons) A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
• n. (Cockney rhyming slang) snout (tobacco; from salmon and trout).
• adj. Having a pale pinkish-orange colour.

sapphire

• n. (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
• n. (countable) A type of South American hummingbird (Chlorestes notata) also called blue-chinned sapphire.
• adj. of a deep blue colour.
• adj. pertaining to a 45th year.

scarlet

• n. A bright red, slightly orange colour.
• n. Cloth of a scarlet color.
• adj. Of a bright red colour.
• adj. Sinful or whorish.
• v. To dye or tinge with scarlet.

sky-blue

• adj. Alternative form of sky blue.

snuff

• n. Finely ground or pulverized tobacco intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
• n. Fine-ground or minced tobacco, dry or moistened, intended for use by placing a pinch behind the lip or…
• n. A snort or sniff of fine-ground, powdered, or pulverized tobacco.
• n. The act of briskly inhaling by the nose; a sniff, a snort.
• n. Resentment or skepticism expressed by quickly drawing air through the nose; snuffling; sniffling.
• n. (obsolete) Snot, mucus.
• n. (obsolete) Smell, scent, odour.
• v. To inhale through the nose.
• v. To turn up the nose and inhale air, as an expression of contempt; hence, to take offence.
• n. The burning part of a candle wick, or the black, burnt remains of a wick (which has to be periodically…
• n. (obsolete) Leavings in a glass after drinking; heeltaps.
• n. (slang) A murder.
• n. (attributive) A form of pornographic film which involves someone's actually being murdered.
• v. To extinguish a candle or oil-lamp flame by covering the burning end of the wick until the flame is suffocated.
• v. (obsolete) To trim the burnt part of a candle wick.
• v. (slang) To kill a person; to snuff out.

sorrel

• n. A kind of plant with acidic leaves, especially Rumex acetosa (common sorrel), sometimes used as a salad…
• n. The roselle, Hibiscus sabdariffa.
• n. A drink, consumed especially in the Caribbean around Christmas, made from the flowers of Hibiscus sabdariffa:…
• n. A brown colour, with a tint of red.
• adj. Of a brown colour, with a tint of red. (especially: a sorrel horse).

stone

• n. (uncountable) A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks.
• n. A small piece of stone, a pebble.
• n. A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond.
• n. (Britain, plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals,…
• n. (botany) The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp…
• n. (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
• n. (board games) A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon,…
• n. A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
• n. (curling) A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the…
• n. A monument to the dead; a gravestone or tombstone.
• n. (obsolete) A mirror, or its glass.
• n. (obsolete) A testicle.
• n. (dated, printing) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange…
• v. (transitive) To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones.
• v. (transitive) To remove a stone from (fruit etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc.
• v. (transitive, slang) To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive).
• v. (intransitive, Singapore, slang) To do nothing, to stare blankly into space and not pay attention when…
• adj. Constructed of stone.
• adj. Having the appearance of stone.
• adj. Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones.
• adj. (African American Vernacular) Used as an intensifier.
• adj. (LGBT) Willing to give sexual pleasure but not to receive it.
• adv. As a stone (used with following adjective).
• adv. (slang) Absolutely, completely (used with following adjectives).

straw

• n. (countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
• n. (uncountable) Such dried stalks considered collectively.
• n. (countable) A drinking straw.
• n. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
• n. (figuratively) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
• adj. Made of straw.
• adj. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
• adj. (figuratively) Imaginary, but presented as real.

tan

• n. A yellowish-brown colour.
• n. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
• n. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
• adj. Of a yellowish-brown.
• adj. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
• v. (intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
• v. (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
• v. (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
• num. (dialect, rare) The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and…
• n. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh.
• n. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
• n. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.

tangerine

• n. Any of several varieties of mandarin oranges.
• n. A deep yellowish-orange colour, like that of a tangerine fruit.
• n. A tree that produces tangerines.
• adj. Of a deep yellowish-orange colour.

tannish

• adj. Somewhat tan in colour.

taupe

• n. A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
• adj. Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

tawny

• adj. Of a light brown to brownish orange color.
• n. A light brown to brownish orange colour.

teal

• n. (countable) Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have…
• n. (countable and uncountable) A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
• adj. Having a bluish-green colour.

ultramarine

• n. A brilliant blue pigment that is either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically.
• n. A brilliant pure dark blue or slightly purplish colour.
• adj. Of a brilliant blue colour.
• adj. Beyond the sea.

umber

• n. A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
• n. Alternative form of umbrere.
• n. A grayling.
• n. A dusky brown African wading bird (Scopus umbretta) allied to the storks and herons.
• adj. Of a reddish brown colour, like that of the pigment.
• v. (transitive) To give a reddish-brown colour to.

vermilion

• n. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.
• n. A vivid red or slightly orange colour.
• n. A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
• n. The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
• adj. Having a brilliant red colour.
• adj. Having the color of the vermilion dye.
• v. (transitive) To color or paint vermilion.

vermillion

• n. Alternative spelling of vermilion.
• adj. Alternative spelling of vermilion.

vinaceous

• adj. containing wine.
• adj. of the colour of red wine.

violet

• n. A bluish-purple colour.
• n. Viola, a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.
• n. Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to…
• adj. Having a bluish-purple colour.

watercress

• n. A perennial European herb, Nasturtium officinale, that grows in freshwater streams; used in salads and…
• n. A similar plant, Nasturtium microphyllum.

xanthous

• adj. Yellow-brown; yolk-colored.
• adj. (archaic, ethnology) Pertaining to people with yellowish, red, auburn, or brown hair.

yellow

• adj. Having yellow as its colour.
• adj. (informal) Lacking courage.
• adj. (publishing, journalism) Characterized by sensationalism, lurid content, and doubtful accuracy.
• adj. (chiefly derogatory, offensive) Far East Asian (relating to Asian people).
• adj. (dated, Australia, offensive) Of mixed Aboriginal and Caucasian ancestry.
• adj. (dated, US) High yellow.
• adj. (Britain, politics) Related to the Liberal Democrats.
• adj. (politics) Related to the Free Democratic Party of Germany.
• n. The colour of gold, butter, or a lemon; the colour obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting…
• n. (US) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, the illumination of which indicates that…
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
• n. (pocket billiards) One of two groups of object balls, or a ball from that group, as used in the principally…
• n. (sports) A yellow card.
• v. (intransitive) To become yellow or more yellow.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) yellow or more yellow.

yellow-green

• adj. a lime colour.

yellowish

• adj. Somewhat yellow (in colour).