Overview of noun yellow

The noun yellow has 1 sense

• yellow, yellowness -- (yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons)

Overview of verb yellow

The verb yellow has 1 sense

• yellow -- (turn yellow; "The pages of the book began to yellow")

Overview of adj yellow

The adj yellow has 6 senses

• yellow, yellowish, xanthous -- (of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk)


• chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied -- (easily frightened)


• yellow, yellowed -- (changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment")


• scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow -- (typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow press")


• yellow -- (cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight")


• jaundiced, icteric, yellow -- (affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc)