Yellowish

Quick meaning: Yellowish is an adjective meaning Somewhat yellow in colour.

Meaning

Somewhat yellow in colour.

Example Sentences

But, like more than one similar North Wales beauty-spot, there had to be (at least at the time of which I write), a quarry, or ironworks, or some kind of industrial plant, which lay perpetually under a cloud of yellowish smoke—literally a blot on the landscape.

A biologist has named a newly discovered species of moth after our next president. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi is a wee little creature found in parts of California and Baja, Mexico. […] It seems nature favors fancy golden hairdos as much as the man himself (who could forget China’s beloved Trump bird?), because the N. donaldtrumpi sports a very familiar-looking crown of yellowish scales.

Synonyms for yellowish

Depending on context, synonyms include yellowy, flavescent, luteous, lutescent, xanthic, chromatic.

Antonyms for yellowish

Common opposites include achromatic, colorless.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include colored, chromatic, luteolous, lutescent, yolk, sallow.

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