Synonyms for dye
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
You look different. Have you had your hair dyed?
- n. 1
A colorant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied.
Related words
- Word family
- dyeless dyestuff
- Phrases
- hair dye adjective dye tie and dye indirect dye mordant dye azo dye
Choose the right word
To dye is to impart a color intentionally and with a view to permanence, and especially so as to pervade the substance or fiber of that to which it is applied.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- color Indicate size, color, and style on the order form.
- shade The thin man took a rest in the shade of a shrine.
- streak She has a wayward streak that worries her parents.
- tint The video had a faint yellow tint over everything.
By length
- 3 letters
- hue1
- 4 letters
- tone1, tint1
- 5 letters
- color2, shade1, grain1, stain1, tinge1, imbue2
- 6 letters
- colour2, streak1
- 8 letters
- tincture2, colorant, dyestuff2
- 9 letters
- colourant
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (color2 = 2 syllables).