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color

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of color

1 a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished
  • a shirt that is available in every color of the rainbow
Synonyms of color

cast, hue, shade, tincture, tinge, tint, tone
Words Related to color

overtone, undertone

primary color, secondary color, tertiary color

brightness, chroma, chromaticity, contrast, lightness, saturation, value

coloration, coloring, colorway, pigmentation
Near Antonyms of color

achromatism
2 a substance used to color other materials
  • added some red color to the base paint
Synonyms of color

colorant, coloring, dye, dyestuff, pigment, stain
Words Related to color

tint, toner

cast, hue, shade, tinge
3 the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face
  • Her color hasn't been good since she got sick.
Synonyms of color

coloring, complexion
Words Related to color

shade, tint, tone

features, lineaments, looks

countenance, face, visage
4 colors plural a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
  • flew their country's colors atop the highest mast on the ship
Synonyms of color

banderole (or banderol), banner, ensign, flag, guidon, jack, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer
Words Related to color

bunting, gonfalon

black flag, Jolly Roger, tricolor, union jack, white flag

burgee, semaphore, signaler (or signaller)
5 a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)
  • The stay in the country brought color to her cheeks.
Synonyms of color

bloom, blush, flush
Words Related to color

brightness, brilliance, glow

pinkness, reddishness, redness, rosiness, ruddiness, sanguineness
Near Antonyms of color

paleness, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, wanness, whiteness

greenishness, greenness, sallowness
6 colors plural the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation
  • She hopes to carry on the family tradition and serve with the colors.
Synonyms of color

armed forces, military, service, troops
Words Related to color

GIs (or GI's), men-at-arms, rank and file, servicemen, servicewomen, soldiers, soldiery

force

militia, reserves

armor, defense
Near Antonyms of color

civilians, noncombatants
7 colors plural the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
  • We saw his true colors during the emergency.
Synonyms of color

character, complexion, constitution, genius, nature, personality, self, tone
Words Related to color

distinctiveness, distinctness, individuality, singularity, uniqueness

attribute, characteristic, earmark, essentiality, feature, flavor, hallmark, mark, point, property, savor (also savour), stamp, trait

disposition, grain, sort, temper, temperament

composition, makeup

essence, essentiality, interior, interiority, soul, spirit

metal, stuff, substance

habit, way

color

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of color

1 to give color or a different color to
  • She went to a stylist to have her hair colored.
Synonyms of color

dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint
Words Related to color

brighten, lighten

darken, embrown, tone (down)

checker, dapple, daub, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, speck, speckle, streak, striate, stripe, variegate
Near Antonyms of color

blanch, bleach, whiten
Antonyms of color

decolorize
2 to add to the interest of by including made-up details
  • He gave a highly colored version of a rather mundane experience.
Synonyms of color

elaborate (on), embellish, embroider, exaggerate, hyperbolize, magnify, pad, stretch
Words Related to color

dress up, gussy up

amplify, enhance, enlarge (on or upon), expand, flesh (out)

fudge, hedge

overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overplay, overstate

emphasize, play up, stress

caricature

satirize
Near Antonyms of color

belittle, minimize, play down, understate
3 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
  • His news reporting is colored by his prejudices.
Synonyms of color

bend, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp
Words Related to color

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate
Near Antonyms of color

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

decipher
4 to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)
  • She colored when she realized she had been overheard talking to herself.
Synonyms of color

bloom, blush, crimson, flush, glow, redden
Words Related to color

incarnadine, rouge, ruddle

abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, humiliate, mortify
Phrases Synonymous with color

turn color

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