Synonyms for color
- noun
- verb
- American English
Most common
gloss appearance show semblance stripe complexion hue standard
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Gloss
gloss, appearance, show, semblance, disguise, excuse, pretense US, pretence UK, pretext, seeming, guise, speciousness rare
2. Stripe — human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity
stripe, complexion, variety, ethnicity, race, kind, species, nationality
3. Hue — A subset thereof, A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class
Other
coloration, colouration UK, coloring US, colouring UK, pigment, vividness, pigmentation, tincture, redness, flag, gamma decay, lake, coffee
Verb
2. Paint — to give something color. To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by…
Definitions
- n. 1
A subset thereof: A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
What color are your bf's eyes?
- n. 2
Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
- v. 1
To give something color.
We could color the walls red.
- v. 2
To give something color. To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
Related words
- Word family
- color-blind colour-fast colorful colorimeter colorimetry colorize colorist colorless
- Phrases
- color in color commentator process color color analyst color announcer color force color line poster color
- Other spellings
- colour UK
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To color is to impart a color desired or undesired, temporary or permanent, or, in the intransitive use, to assume a color in any way; as, he colored with shame and vexation.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- gloss The girl bought some lip gloss at the convenience store.
- stripe The bird had a dark stripe running down the medial part of each feather.
- complexion Redheads often have a pale complexion and freckles.
- coloring Adult coloring books have become popular recently.
- pigment Make up has often used carmine as a pigment to achieve bright red shades.
- coloration The flamingo gains its pink coloration from the shrimp it consumes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| color | steady | |
| gloss | steady | |
| stripe | steady | |
| complexion | rising | |
| coloring | steady | |
| pigment | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- dye1, hue1
- 4 letters
- show1, kind1, call1, race1, lake1, flag1, tone1, wash1, tint1, skew1, blee
- 5 letters
- paint1, shade1, grain1, flush1, stain1, blush1, gloss1, guise1, tinge1, imbue2
- 6 letters
- coffee2, excuse2, affect2, banner2, stripe1, depict2, redden2, garble2
- 7 letters
- variety4, species2, seeming2, pigment2, pretext2, pervert2, distort2, redness2, varnish2, falsify3, pervade2
- 8 letters
- standard2, disguise2, coloring3, pretense2, pretence, tincture2, colorize3, emblazon3, palliate
- 9 letters
- influence3, ethnicity4, colouring3, semblance2, vividness3, colourise, colourize
- 10 letters
- appearance3, complexion3, coloration4
- 11 letters
- nationality5, colouration
- 12 letters
- pigmentation4, speciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (imbue2 = 2 syllables).