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colored - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | colored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not white |
| Synonyms: | flushed, glowing, tinted, washed, dyed, hued, shaded, stained, tinged |
| Antonyms: | white |
| Main Entry: | colored |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distorted |
| Synonyms: | biased, false, falsified, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, partisan, perverted, prejudiced, prepossessed, angled, misrepresented, tampered with, tendentious, warped |
| Antonyms: | genuine, honest, real, truthful |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | discolor, pale, whiten |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, exaggerate |
| Synonyms: | angle*, belie, cook up*, disguise, doctor*, embroider*, fake, falsify, fudge*, garble, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad*, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp*, gloss over |
| Antonyms: | represent, be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jaundiced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tainted, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | biased, bigoted, bitter, colored, cynical, distorted, envious, hostile, intolerant, jealous, one-sided, opprobrious, partial, partisan, prepossessed, skeptical, spiteful, suspicious, unfair, unfriendly, yellow, disapproving, grudging, preconceived, resentful, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | clean, fresh, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | one-sided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biased |
| Synonyms: | colored, discriminatory, favorably, inclined, influenced, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, unequal, unfair, unjust |
| Main Entry: | ornate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fancily decorated |
| Synonyms: | adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded, glamorous, glossy, lavish, luscious, magnificent, meretricious, opulent, ostentatious, overdone, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, sparkling, splashy, sumptuous, superficial, tawdry, variegated, bedecked, embroidered, glitzy, high-wrought, jeweled, ornamented, overelaborate |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple |
| Main Entry: | partisan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | interested, factional |
| Synonyms: | accessory, biased, bigoted, blind, colored, devoted, diehard*, exclusive, fanatic, jaundiced, one-sided, partial, prejudiced, prepossessed, sectarian, sympathetic, unjust, zealous, adhering, cliquish, conspiratorial, denominational, overzealous, tendentious, unreasoning, warped |
| Antonyms: | disinterested |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prepossessed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made partial by initial impression |
| Synonyms: | biased, colored, inclined, jaundiced, one-sided, opinionated, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | total, whole |
| Main Entry: | tinted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shaded |
| Synonyms: | colored, dyed, stained, tinctured, tinged |
| Main Entry: | rosy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pink, reddish in color |
| Synonyms: | blooming, blushing, colored, fresh, glowing, red, roseate, rubicund, ruddy, aflush, coral, deep pink, healthy-looking, high-colored, incarnadine, pale red, peach, red-complexioned, red-faced, rose-colored |
| Antonyms: | pale |
| Main Entry: | sensational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | startling, exaggerated |
| Synonyms: | X-rated*, amazing, astounding, breathtaking, coarse, colored, conspicuous, dramatic, emotional, excessive, exciting, extravagant, hair-raising, juicy*, livid, lurid, marked, melodramatic, noticeable, outstanding, piquant, pointed, prominent, pungent, remarkable, rough, salient, scandalous, shocking, signal, spectacular, staggering, stimulating, sultry, tabloid*, thrilling, vulgar, arresting, electrifying, horrifying, revealing, sensationalistic |
| Antonyms: | ordinary, run-of-the-mill, unexceptional, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | painted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | portrayed |
| Synonyms: | colored, composed, drawn, illustrated, outlined, delineated, depicted, designed, pictured, sketched |
| Main Entry: | partial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | biased, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | colored, discriminatory, disposed, influenced, interested, jaundiced, minded, one-sided, partisan, predisposed, prepossessed, unfair, unjust, favorably inclined, tendentious, unindifferent, warped |
| Antonyms: | fair, just, unbiased, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | false |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fake, counterfeit |
| Synonyms: | adulterated, artificial, assumed, bent, bogus*, bum*, colored, contrived, copied, crock*, deceptive, disguised, ersatz*, factitious, feigned, fishy*, forged, framed*, hollow, imitation, made-up, make-believe, manufactured, meretricious, mock, ostensible, phony, pretended, pseudo*, seeming, shady, sham*, simulated, snide, so-called*, spurious, substitute, synthetic, unreal, wrong, alloyed, brummagem, fabricated |
| Antonyms: | actual, genuine, real, valid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | painted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective3 |
| Definition: | made-up |
| Synonyms: | colored, daubed, freshened, powdered, reddened, rouged |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vivid in color |
| Synonyms: | brave, brilliant, clear, colored, colorful, deep, flashy, fresh, gay, intense, psychedelic, rich, ruddy, sharp, showy, tinted, glitzy, hued, razzle-dazzle, tinged |
| Antonyms: | light, pale, pastel |
| Main Entry: | belie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
| Synonyms: | color, conceal, disguise, distort, falsify, garble, hide, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp, give the lie to, gloss over, miscolor, trump up |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
| Main Entry: | blush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become colored, pinken |
| Synonyms: | color, crimson, flush, glow, mantle, redden, rouge, have rosy cheeks, turn red, turn scarlet |
| Antonyms: | blanch, pale |
| Main Entry: | decorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beautify, embellish |
| Synonyms: | adorn, bedeck, brighten, burnish, color, deck, do up*, dress up*, enhance, enrich, festoon, finish, fix up, frill, furbish, garnish, gild, grace, idealize, illuminate, ornament, paint, perfect, prank, renovate, spruce up*, trim, add finishing touches, bedizen, dress out, gussy up, jazz up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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