colorless

colorless
Synonyms and related words:
abstract, achromatic, achromic, aloof, anemic, arid, ashen, ashy, barren, blah, blanched, bland, blank, bled white, bloodless, blurry, boring, cadaverous, characterless, chloranemic, cold, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, detached, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, disinterested, dismal, dispassionate, doughy, drab, draggy, drearisome, dreary, dry, dryasdust, dull, dusty, effete, elephantine, empty, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine, exsanguineous, fade, faded, faint, fallow, feeble, flat, ghastly, gray, haggard, hazy, heavy, ho-hum, hollow, hueless, hypochromic, impersonal, inane, inexcitable, insipid, jejune, lackluster, leaden, lifeless, livid, low-spirited, lurid, lusterless, mat, mealy, milk-and-water, muddy, namby-pamby, neutral, obscure, pale, pale as death, pale-faced, pallid, pasty, pedestrian, plodding, pointless, poker-faced, poky, ponderous, prosaic, prosy, remote, sallow, sickly, slow, solemn, spiritless, sterile, stiff, stodgy, stuffy, superficial, tallow-faced, tasteless, tedious, toneless, uncolored, unimaginative, uninspired, uninteresting, unlively, vacuous, vague, vapid, wan, washed out, washed-out, waxen, weak, whey-faced, white, wishy-washy, withdrawn, wooden

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  • Colorless — Col or*less, a. 1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas. Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; {neutral}; {white}] [Also See:… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • colorless — uncolored, achromatic mean without color. However, they are not freely interchangeable. Colorless is applied to something that is transparent {water is a colorless liquid} or to something that is bleached, blanched, or pallid {colorless leaves}… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • colorless — [adj1] without hue achromatic, achromic, anemic, ashen, ashy, blanched, bleached, cadaverous, doughy, drab, dull, faded, flat, ghastly, livid, lurid, neutral, pale, sickly, uncolored, wan, washed out, waxen, white; concept 618 Ant. brilliant,… …   New thesaurus

  • colorless — index insipid, jejune (dull), lifeless (dull), mediocre, pedestrian, prosaic, usual …   Law dictionary

  • colorless — late 14c., from COLOR (Cf. color) + LESS (Cf. less). Figurative sense of lacking vividness is recorded from 1861 …   Etymology dictionary

  • colorless — (Amer.) col·or·less || kÊŒlÉ™(r)lɪs adj. pale; lacking color; dull, boring (also colourless) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • colorless — [kul′ər lis] adj. 1. without color 2. dull in color; gray or pallid 3. lacking variety or interest; dull colorlessly adv. colorlessness n …   English World dictionary

  • colorless — colorlessly, adv. colorlessness, n. /kul euhr lis/, adj. 1. without color: Pure water is colorless. 2. pallid; dull in color: a colorless complexion. 3. lacking vividness or distinctive character; dull; insipid: a colorless description of the… …   Universalium

  • colorless — col|or|less [ kʌlərləs ] adjective 1. ) something that is colorless has no color: a colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas 2. ) not interesting, exciting, or original: a colorless description …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • colorless — adjective 1) a colorless liquid Syn: uncolored, white, bleached; literary achromatic Ant: colored 2) her colorless face Syn: pale, pallid, wan, anemic, b …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • colorless — adjective Date: 14th century lacking color: as a. pallid, blanched < a colorless complexion > b. dull, uninteresting < colorless prose > • colorlessly adverb • colorlessness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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