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COLORLESS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weak in color; not colorful
Synonyms:
colorless; colourless
Classified under:
Similar:
ashen; blanched; bloodless; livid; white (anemic looking from illness or emotion)
bleached; faded; washed-out; washy (having lost freshness or brilliance of color)
drab; sober; somber; sombre (lacking brightness or color; dull)
dulled; greyed (deprived of color)
blanched; etiolate; etiolated ((especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light)
lurid (ghastly pale)
pale; pallid; wan (abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress)
pastelike; pasty (resembling paste in color; pallid)
prefaded ((of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means)
waxen; waxlike; waxy (having the paleness of wax)
white; whitened ((of hair) having lost its color)
Also:
achromatic; neutral (having no hue)
Attribute:
color; colour; vividness (interest and variety and intensity)
Antonym:
colorful (having much or varied color)
Derivation:
colorlessness (the visual property of being without chromatic color)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking in variety and interest
Example:
a colorless description of the parade
Synonyms:
colorless; colourless
Classified under:
Similar:
neutral (lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics)
pale; pallid (lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness)
Also:
dull (lacking in liveliness or animation)
Antonym:
colorful (striking in variety and interest)
Context examples:
A naturally occurring gas that is colorless and non flammable.
(Nitrous Oxide, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, crystalline, solid aromatic amine that turns purple when exposed to air and emits toxic fumes when heated. p-Biphenylamine is used only in laboratory research to induce tumorigenesis.
(p-Biphenylamine, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, odorless phosphorus-containing inorganic acid.
(Phosphoric acid, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, oily, highly flammable liquid with a strong, disagreeable odor that emits toxic fumes of nitrogen oxides upon decomposition.
(Nitromethane, NCI Thesaurus)
A toxic, corrosive, colorless liquid used to make fertilizers, dyes, explosives, and other chemicals.
(Nitric acid, NCI Dictionary)
A clear, colorless, nonflammable, volatile liquid chlorinated hydrocarbon with a sweet, pleasant smell and emits highly toxic fumes of phosgene when heated to decomposition.
(Methylene Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic, colorless gas that is insoluble in water and soluble in organic solvents.
(Monofluoroethene, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, volatile and highly flammable, liquid inorganic compound with a characteristic, musty odor that emits toxic carbon monoxide fumes upon heating.
(Nickel Carbonyl, NCI Thesaurus)
A colorless, odorless, incombustible gas resulting from the oxidation of carbon.
(Carbon dioxide, NCI Thesaurus)
A clear, colorless, volatile and very stable chlorinated hydrocarbon.
(Carbon Tetrachloride, NCI Thesaurus)
