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Dye - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | dye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | coloring agent |
| Synonyms: | color, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint, colorant, dyestuff |
| Antonyms: | bleach, whitener |
| Main Entry: | dye |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change color with mixture |
| Synonyms: | impregnate, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint |
| Antonyms: | bleach, fade, whiten |
| Main Entry: | hue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
| Synonyms: | aspect, cast, complexion, dye, tincture, tinge, tint, tone, value, chroma |
| Notes: | color refers to the wavelength composition of light, shade is a gradation of color referring to its degree of darkness, tint is a gradation referring to its degree of lightness, and hue indicates a modification of a basic color hew means to make or shape as with an axe, while a hue is a particular gradation of color, a shade or tint hue is the quality of a color that makes it possible to call it bluish green, etc. (the color of a color); shade is a color variation having to do with the value of a hue (lightness or darkness), and tint is a pale variation of a color a color's value is its brightness, its chroma is its strength, and its hue is its position in the spectrum |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tinted covering |
| Synonyms: | color, coloring, cosmetic, dye, enamel, flat, gloss, makeup, oil, overlay, pigment, rouge, stain, varnish, veneer, wax, acrylic, chroma, emulsion, greasepaint, latex, tempera |
| Main Entry: | paint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | apply colored tint, often to make design |
| Synonyms: | brush, coat, color, compose, cover, daub, decorate, delineate, depict, design, draft, draw, dye, figure, limn, ornament, outline, picture, portray, represent, shade, sketch, stipple, swab, tint, touch up, wash, catch a likeness, cover up, fresco, gloss over, put on coats, slap on, slather |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | pigment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color, shade |
| Synonyms: | coloring, dye, oil, paint, stain, tincture, tint, colorant, coloring matter, dyestuff |
| Antonyms: | colorlessness |
| Main Entry: | redden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blush, make rosy |
| Synonyms: | bloody, color, crimson, dye, flush, glow, mantle, paint, pink, rose, rouge, ruddy, rust, suffuse, tint, go red, incarnadine, pinken, rubify, rubric, rubricate, ruby, ruddle, turn red |
| Antonyms: | lighten, pale |
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spot of dirt, blot, bar |
| Synonyms: | black eye*, blemish, blotch, blur, brand, color, discoloration, disgrace, dishonor, drip, dye, infamy, odium, onus, reproach, shame, sinister*, slur, smirch, smudge, spatter, speck, splotch, spot, stigma, tint, ink spot, mottle |
| Antonyms: | blank, cleanliness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dirty, taint |
| Synonyms: | bastardize, besmirch, blacken, blemish, blot, color, contaminate, corrupt, daub, debase, debauch, defile, demoralize, deprave, discolor, disgrace, dye, mark, pervert, smear, smudge, soil, spot, sully, tarnish, tinge, tint, animalize, bestialize, brutalize, drag through the mud, tar |
| Antonyms: | clean |
| Main Entry: | tinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | color |
| Synonyms: | complexion, dye, imbue, impregnate, infiltrate, saturate, shade, stain, streak, suffuse, tincture, tint |
| Antonyms: | pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | tint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shade of color |
| Synonyms: | cast, color, complexion, dash, dye, flush, glow, hint, hue, luminosity, rinse, stain, suggestion, taint, tincture, tinge, tone, touch, trace, wash, chroma, coloration, pigmentation, tinct |
| Antonyms: | white |
| Main Entry: | tint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | color with a certain shade |
| Synonyms: | affect, complexion, dye, influence, rinse, shade, stain, taint, tincture, tinge, touch, wash |
| Antonyms: | pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | rouge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blusher |
| Synonyms: | cosmetic, dye, makeup, paint, red, reddener |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pigment, shade |
| Synonyms: | blush, cast, coloring, complexion, dye, glow, hue, intensity, iridescence, luminosity, paint, saturation, stain, tincture, tinge, tint, undertone, value, wash, chroma, chromaticity, chromatism, chromism, colorant, coloration, pigmentation, polychromasia, tinct |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make pigmented; shade |
| Synonyms: | adorn, blacken, bloom, blush, burn, crayon, crimson, darken, daub, dye, embellish, emblazon, enamel, enliven, flush, gild, glaze, gloss, illuminate, imbue, infuse, lacquer, paint, pigment, redden, rouge, stain, stipple, suffuse, tinge, tint, tone, wash, chalk, fresco, pinken, variegate |
| Antonyms: | discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | tinge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | color |
| Synonyms: | cast, coloring, dye, hue, pigment, shade, stain, tincture, tint, tone, wash, colorant, coloration, dyestuff, nib |
| Antonyms: | white |
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