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Adjective yellow has 6 senses
- yellow, yellowish, xanthous - similar to the color of an egg yolk
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
- chicken, chickenhearted, lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied - easily frightened
Antonyms: brave, courageous, fearless (indirect, via cowardly)
- yellow, yellowed - changed to a yellowish color by age; "yellowed parchment"
Antonym: new (indirect, via old)
- scandalmongering, sensationalistic, yellow - typical of tabloids; "sensational journalistic reportage of the scandal"; "yellow journalism"
Antonym: unsensational (indirect, via sensational)
- yellow - cowardly or treacherous; "the little yellow stain of treason"-M.W.Straight; "too yellow to stand and fight"
Antonyms: honorable, honourable (indirect, via dishonorable)
- jaundiced, icteric, yellow - affected by jaundice which causes yellowing of skin etc
Antonym: healthy (indirect, via unhealthy)
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