as in blond
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
fields of flaxen wheat waving in the wind
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Recent Examples of flaxen
And yet, about four years ago, images of myself with flaxen hair started to wheedle their way into my brain and park there.
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025
Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The charm of a blondie is indeed its flaxen essence.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
In recent years, the 76-year-old has gone from a smooth cascade of flaxen locks to embracing curls once again on her current tour.
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C.C. DeVille
As a member of Poison, guitarist C.C. DeVille helped define the hair metal era.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
Mäkelä at 28 reminds me of his fellow Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen at that age: flaxen forelock, blue eyes, high-gloss cheekbones, lithe athleticism, a similar facility with Stravinsky’s jagged rhythms.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
But really, truly, what struck me most was Carrie’s wild mane of flaxen curls.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 22 June 2023
Jennifer Eley-Handler was quietly lovely, with flaxen waves that formed a heart around her face.
—Beatrice Hazlehurst, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 4 Apr. 2025
Miss Maynard’s class is building Holland on a small scale in one of their sandbox tables with dikes, towers, windmills, boys with wooden shoes and girls with flaxen hair.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
The charm of a blondie is indeed its flaxen essence.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
In recent years, the 76-year-old has gone from a smooth cascade of flaxen locks to embracing curls once again on her current tour.
06 of 12
C.C. DeVille
As a member of Poison, guitarist C.C. DeVille helped define the hair metal era.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
Mäkelä at 28 reminds me of his fellow Finn Esa-Pekka Salonen at that age: flaxen forelock, blue eyes, high-gloss cheekbones, lithe athleticism, a similar facility with Stravinsky’s jagged rhythms.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2024
But really, truly, what struck me most was Carrie’s wild mane of flaxen curls.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 22 June 2023
Jennifer Eley-Handler was quietly lovely, with flaxen waves that formed a heart around her face.
—Beatrice Hazlehurst, ELLE, 26 Apr. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaxen
blond
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Sydney Sweeney debuted a bright blonde bob at the Christy premiere during 2025 AFI FEST in Hollywood.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The post, shared on Sunday under the username u/IWannaHideThrowaway, shows the poster trying to watch TV while blonde locks of hair belonging to the passenger sitting in front of them cover most of the screen, leaving the poster unable to use it.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Flaxen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaxen. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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