yellowish B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈjɛlɔʊɪʃ/ UK /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/ See IPA manual Freq #54587 Meanings 1 adj somewhat yellow in color A yellowish light shone through the fog. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · somewhat yellow in color pale yellowflavescent More lutescentxanthic ↔ Opposites colorlessachromatic Word family Related forms yellow Common collocations yellowish pink Adjective + noun Etymology From Middle English yelowisch, equivalent to yellow plus -ish. The suffix marks approximation, so yellowish means not fully yellow but tending toward yellow. Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # yellowish **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈjɛlɔʊɪʃ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈjɛləʊɪʃ/ **Frequency rank:** 54587 ## Meanings 1. somewhat yellow in color ## Examples - A yellowish light shone through the fog. ## Synonyms - pale yellow - flavescent - lutescent - xanthic ## Antonyms - colorless - achromatic ## Related Forms - yellow ## Etymology From Middle English yelowisch, equivalent to yellow plus -ish. The suffix marks approximation, so yellowish means not fully yellow but tending toward yellow. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown