Synonyms of the word

tincture

• n. A pigment or other substance that colours or dyes.
• n. A tint, or an added colour.
• n. (heraldry) A colour or metal used in the depiction of a coat of arms.
• n. An alcoholic extract of plant material, used as a medicine.
• n. (humorous) A small alcoholic drink.
• n. An essential characteristic.
• n. The finer and more volatile parts of a substance, separated by a solvent; an extract of a part of the…
• n. A slight taste superadded to any substance.
• n. A slight quality added to anything; a tinge.
• v. to stain or impregnate (something) with colour.
• v. (figuratively) to tinge; to taint.
• v. To soak (an organic substance) in alcohol or another liquid to produce a tincture.

color

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
• n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
• n. The system of color television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
• v. To give something color.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…

coloring

• v. present participle of color.
• n. An act or process which applies color.
• n. The appearance as to color.
• n. A disguise or discoloration.

colour

• n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
• n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
• n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
• n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
• n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
• n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
• n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
• n. The system of colour television.
• n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
• n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
• n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
• n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
• n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
• n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
• n. An appearance of right or authority.
• n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
• adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
• v. To give something colour.
• v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
• v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
• v. To affect without completely changing.
• v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
• v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…

colouring

• n. (Britain, Canada) Alternative spelling of coloring.
• v. present participle of colour.
• v. (Britain, Canada) Alternative spelling of coloring.

fill

• v. (transitive) To occupy fully, to take up all of.
• v. (transitive) To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.
• v. To enter (something), making it full.
• v. (intransitive) To become full.
• v. (intransitive) To become pervaded with something.
• v. (transitive) To satisfy or obey (an order, request, or requirement).
• v. (transitive) To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
• v. (transitive) To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
• v. (transitive, slang, vulgar, of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
• n. (after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
• n. An amount that fills a container.
• n. The filling of a container or area.
• n. Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
• n. (archaeology) Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity and exposed by excavation; fill…
• n. An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be…
• n. (music) A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a…
• n. One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

impregnate

• v. (transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
• v. (transitive) To fertilize.
• v. (transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
• v. (transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
• v. (intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.

indicant

• adj. Serving to point out, as a remedy; indicating.
• n. That which indicates or points out.

indication

• n. Act of pointing out or indicating.
• n. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
• n. Discovery made; information.
• n. (obsolete) Explanation; display. Francis Bacon.
• n. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
• n. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

infuse

• v. (transitive) To cause to become an element of something; to insert or fill.
• v. (transitive) To steep in a liquid, so as to extract the soluble constituents (usually medicinal or herbal).
• v. (transitive) To inspire; to inspirit or animate; to fill (with).
• v. (transitive) To instill as a quality.
• v. (intransitive) To undergo infusion.
• v. (transitive) To make an infusion with (an ingredient); to tincture; to saturate.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pour in, as a liquid; to pour (into or upon); to shed.

instill

• v. To cause a quality to become part of someone's nature.
• v. To pour in (medicine, for example) drop by drop.

medicament

• n. A medicine, medication or drug.

medication

• n. A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
• n. The administration of medicine.

medicine

• n. A substance which specifically promotes healing when ingested or consumed in some way.
• n. A treatment or cure.
• n. The study of the cause, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of disease or illness.
• n. The profession of physicians, surgeons and related specialisms; those who practice medicine.
• n. Ritual Native American magic used by a medicine man to promote a desired outcome in healing, hunting,…
• n. Among the Native Americans, any object supposed to give control over natural or magical forces, to act…
• n. (obsolete) black magic, superstition.
• n. (obsolete) A philtre or love potion.
• n. (obsolete) A physician.
• n. (slang) recreational drugs, especially alcoholic drinks.
• v. (rare, obsolete) To treat with medicine.

shade

• n. (uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
• n. (countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
• n. (countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
• n. (figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
• n. (figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
• n. A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning.
• n. (archaic or literary) A ghost.
• n. (archaic) A creature that is partially human and partially angel.
• n. (countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and…
• n. (uncountable, originally gay slang) Subtle insults.
• v. (transitive) To shield from light.
• v. (transitive) To alter slightly.
• v. (intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
• v. (intransitive, baseball, of a defensive player) To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
• v. (transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
• v. To surpass by a narrow margin.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.

shadow

• n. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
• n. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom, obscurity.
• n. (obsolete) A reflected image, as in a mirror or in water.
• n. That which looms as though a shadow.
• n. A small degree; a shade.
• n. An imperfect and faint representation.
• n. (Britain, law enforcement) A trainee, assigned to work with an experienced officer.
• n. One who secretly or furtively follows another.
• n. A type of lettering form of word processors that makes a cubic effect.
• n. An influence, especially a pervasive or a negative one.
• n. A spirit; a ghost; a shade.
• n. (obsolete, Latinism) An uninvited guest accompanying one who was invited.
• n. (psychology) In Jungian psychology, an unconscious aspect of the personality.
• v. To block light or radio transmission.
• v. (espionage) To secretly or discreetly track or follow another, to keep under surveillance.
• v. To accompany a professional during the working day, so as to learn about an occupation one intends to…
• v. (programming) To make an identifier, usually a variable, inaccessible by declaring another of the same…
• v. (computing) To apply the shadowing process to (the contents of ROM).
• adj. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
• adj. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
• adj. (politics) Acting in a leadership role before being formally recognized.

tinct

• n. (archaic) a tint or colour.
• v. to tint, tinge or colour.
• adj. tinged or lightly coloured.
• n. Abbreviation of tincture.

tinge

• n. A small amount of something, especially of an added color.
• n. The degree of vividness of a color; shade, hue or tint.
• v. (transitive) To add a small amount of color; to tint.
• v. (transitive) To imbue or impregnate.

tint

• n. A slight coloring.
• n. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast…
• n. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
• n. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To shade, to color.
• contract. (Yorkshire, colloquial) it is not; it isn't; 'tisn't; it'sn't.

tone

• n. (music) A specific pitch.
• n. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
• n. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
• n. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
• n. General character, mood, or trend.
• n. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
• n. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking…
• n. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
• n. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
• n. The shade or quality of a colour.
• n. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
• n. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus.
• n. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy…
• n. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
• v. (transitive) to give a particular tone to.
• v. (transitive) to change the colour of.
• v. (transitive) to make (something) firmer.
• v. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour.
• v. (transitive) To utter with an affected tone.
• pron. (now dialectal) The one (of two).

touch

• v. Primarily physical senses.
• v. Primarily non-physical senses.
• v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
• v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
• v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
• v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
• v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
• v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
• n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
• n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
• n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
• n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
• n. A little bit; a small amount.
• n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
• n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
• n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
• n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
• n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
• n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
• n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
• n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
• n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
• n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
• n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
• n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
• n. The children's game of tag.
• n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
• n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
• n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

trace

• n. An act of tracing.
• n. An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
• n. A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
• n. A very small amount.
• n. (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
• n. An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
• n. One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree…
• n. (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting…
• n. (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
• n. The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
• n. (mathematics) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
• n. (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been…
• v. (transitive) To follow the trail of.
• v. To follow the history of.
• v. (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
• v. (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To copy; to imitate.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To walk; to go; to travel.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To walk over; to pass through; to traverse.
• v. (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction,…

vestige

• n. The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign.
• n. A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present;…
• n. (biology) A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary…