| dumb | | |
| adj. | 1. dense, dim, dull, dumb, obtuse, slow | slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" |
| ~ stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| adj. | 2. dumb, speechless | temporarily incapable of speaking.; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock" |
| ~ inarticulate, unarticulate | without or deprived of the use of speech or words.; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" |
| adj. | 3. dumb | lacking the power of human speech.; "dumb animals" |
| ~ inarticulate, unarticulate | without or deprived of the use of speech or words.; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" |
| adj. | 4. dumb, mute, silent | unable to speak because of hereditary deafness. |
| ~ inarticulate, unarticulate | without or deprived of the use of speech or words.; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "inarticulate with rage"; "an inarticulate cry" |
| imbecile | | |
| n. (person) | 1. changeling, cretin, half-wit, idiot, imbecile, moron, retard | a person of subnormal intelligence. |
| ~ mongoloid | a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense). |
| ~ simpleton, simple | a person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
| adj. | 2. idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic | having a mental age of three to seven years. |
| ~ retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
| stupid | | |
| n. (person) | 1. dolt, dullard, pillock, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person | a person who is not very bright.; "The economy, stupid!" |
| ~ berk | a stupid person who is easy to take advantage of. |
| ~ blockhead, bonehead, dumbass, dunce, dunderhead, fuckhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, lunkhead, muttonhead, numskull, shithead | a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence. |
| ~ klutz | (Yiddish) a clumsy dolt. |
| ~ simpleton, simple | a person lacking intelligence or common sense. |
| adj. | 2. stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| ~ dopey, dopy, gooselike, goosey, goosy, anserine, foolish, jerky | having or revealing stupidity.; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" |
| ~ blockheaded, boneheaded, duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick-skulled, thickheaded, wooden-headed, thick | (used informally) stupid. |
| ~ cloddish, doltish | heavy and dull and stupid. |
| ~ dumb, slow, dense, obtuse, dim, dull | slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity.; "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"; "never met anyone quite so dim"; "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"; "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"; "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"; "worked with the slow students" |
| ~ gaumless, gormless | (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality. |
| ~ lumpen, lumpish, unthinking | mentally sluggish. |
| ~ nitwitted, soft-witted, witless, senseless | (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment. |
| ~ weak | deficient in intelligence or mental power.; "a weak mind" |
| ~ yokel-like | stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants.; "the boy's empty yokel-like expression" |
| ~ unintelligent, stupid | lacking intelligence.; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" |
| adj. | 3. dazed, stunned, stupefied, stupid | in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock.; "he had a dazed expression on his face"; "lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow"; "was stupid from fatigue" |
| ~ confused | mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently.; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" |
| adj. | 4. stupid, unintelligent | lacking intelligence.; "a dull job with lazy and unintelligent co-workers" |
| ~ stupid | lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity. |
| ~ brainless, headless | not using intelligence. |
| ~ retarded | relatively slow in mental or emotional or physical development.; "providing a secure and sometimes happy life for the retarded" |
| colour | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. color, coloring material, colour, colouring material | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| ~ paint, pigment | a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating.; "artists use `paint' and `pigment' interchangeably" |
| ~ material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| ~ indicator | (chemistry) a substance that changes color to indicate the presence of some ion or substance; can be used to indicate the completion of a chemical reaction or (in medicine) to test for a particular reaction. |
| ~ mordant | a substance used to treat leather or other materials before dyeing; aids in dyeing process. |
| ~ dye, dyestuff | a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair. |
| ~ tincture | a substances that colors metals. |
| ~ hematochrome | a reddish coloring material found in some algae. |
| ~ pigment | dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.). |
| ~ pigment | any substance whose presence in plant or animal tissues produces a characteristic color. |
| ~ stain | (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible. |
| n. (group) | 2. color, colour, people of color, people of colour | a race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks). |
| ~ race | people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock.; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings" |
| ~ person of color, person of colour | (formal) any non-European non-white person. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. color, colour | (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction.; "each flavor of quarks comes in three colors" |
| ~ kind, sort, form, variety | a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality.; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?" |
| ~ high-energy physics, high energy physics, particle physics | the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. color, colour, vividness | interest and variety and intensity.; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness" |
| ~ interestingness, interest | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.).; "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. color, coloration, colour, colouration | the timbre of a musical sound.; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" |
| ~ timbre, tone, quality, timber | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound).; "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" |
| n. (attribute) | 6. color, coloring, colour, colouring | a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" |
| ~ visual property | an attribute of vision. |
| ~ primary color, primary colour | any of three colors from which all others can be obtained by mixing. |
| ~ heather mixture, heather | interwoven yarns of mixed colors producing muted greyish shades with flecks of color. |
| ~ mottle | an irregular arrangement of patches of color.; "it was not dull grey as distance had suggested, but a mottle of khaki and black and olive-green" |
| ~ tint, shade, tincture, tone | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" |
| ~ chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | a color that has hue. |
| ~ achromatic color, achromatic colour | a color lacking hue; white or grey or black. |
| ~ coloration, colouration | appearance with regard to color.; "her healthy coloration" |
| ~ complexion, skin color, skin colour | the coloring of a person's face. |
| ~ dithered color, dithered colour, nonsolid color, nonsolid colour | a color produced by a pattern of differently colored dots that together simulate the desired color. |
| n. (attribute) | 7. color, colour, gloss, semblance | an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading.; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| ~ color of law, colour of law | a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law.; "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights" |
| ~ simulacrum | an insubstantial or vague semblance. |
| ~ face value | the apparent worth as opposed to the real worth. |
| ~ guise, pretence, pretext, pretense | an artful or simulated semblance.; "under the guise of friendship he betrayed them" |
| ~ camouflage, disguise | an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something.; "the theatrical notion of disguise is always associated with catastrophe in his stories" |
| ~ verisimilitude | the appearance of truth; the quality of seeming to be true. |
| n. (attribute) | 8. color, colour | the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation. |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| v. (social) | 9. color, colour | modify or bias.; "His political ideas color his lectures" |
| ~ act upon, influence, work | have and exert influence or effect.; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the political candidate" |
| v. (creation) | 10. color, colour, emblazon | decorate with colors.; "color the walls with paint in warm tones" |
| ~ adorn, decorate, grace, ornament, beautify, embellish | make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc..; "Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the special day" |
| ~ miniate | paint with red lead or vermilion. |
| v. (communication) | 11. color, colour, gloss | give a deceptive explanation or excuse for.; "color a lie" |
| ~ apologise, rationalize, apologize, rationalise, justify, excuse | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning.; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" |
| v. (communication) | 12. color, colour, distort, tinge | affect as in thought or feeling.; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| v. (change) | 13. color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour, colour in, colourise, colourize | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ blackwash | color with blackwash. |
| ~ parti-color, motley | make motley; color with different colors. |
| ~ polychrome, polychromise, polychromize | color with many colors; make polychrome. |
| ~ azure | color azure.; "Morning azured the village" |
| ~ empurple, purpurate, purple | color purple. |
| ~ aurify | turn golden. |
| ~ verdigris | color verdigris. |
| ~ pinkify | make pink. |
| ~ incarnadine | make flesh-colored. |
| ~ brown, embrown | make brown in color.; "the draught browned the leaves on the trees in the yard" |
| ~ handcolor, handcolour | color by hand.; "Some old photographs are handcolored" |
| ~ tinct, tint, tinge, touch | color lightly.; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" |
| ~ pigment | color or dye with a pigment.; "pigment a photograph" |
| ~ hue, imbue | suffuse with color. |
| ~ retouch | give retouches to (hair).; "retouch the roots" |
| ~ silver | make silver in color.; "Her worries had silvered her hair" |
| ~ gray, grey | make grey.; "The painter decided to grey the sky" |
| ~ tone | change to a color image.; "tone a photographic image" |
| ~ redden | make red.; "The setting sun reddened the sky" |
| ~ blotch, mottle, streak | mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained. |
| v. (change) | 14. color, colour, discolor, discolour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| ~ blush, crimson, flush, redden | turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.; "The girl blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" |
| ~ blanch, blench, pale | turn pale, as if in fear. |
| ~ bronze, tan | get a tan, from wind or sun. |
| ~ sunburn, burn | get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun. |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ white, whiten | turn white.; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" |
| ~ black, blacken, nigrify, melanise, melanize | make or become black.; "The smoke blackened the ceiling"; "The ceiling blackened" |
| ~ turn | change color.; "In Vermont, the leaves turn early" |
| ~ silver | turn silver.; "The man's hair silvered very attractively" |
| ~ dye | color with dye.; "Please dye these shoes" |
| ~ redden | turn red or redder.; "The sky reddened" |
| ~ purple | become purple. |
| ~ gray, grey | turn grey.; "Her hair began to grey" |
| ~ yellow | turn yellow.; "The pages of the book began to yellow" |
| ~ tone | change the color or tone of.; "tone a negative" |
| ~ green | turn or become green.; "The trees are greening" |
| ~ blue | turn blue. |
| adj. | 15. color, colour | having or capable of producing colors.; "color film"; "he rented a color television"; "marvelous color illustrations" |
| ~ photography, picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs. |
| dye | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. dye, dyestuff | a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair. |
| ~ acid dye | dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion. |
| ~ alizarin yellow | any of various yellow dyes; not related chemically to alizarin but applied in the same manner. |
| ~ anil, indigo, indigotin | a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically. |
| ~ aniline dye | any of many dyes made from aniline. |
| ~ azo dye | any dye containing one or more azo groups. |
| ~ basic color, basic colour, basic dye | a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion. |
| ~ chromophore | the chemical group that gives color to a molecule. |
| ~ coloring material, colour, colouring material, color | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| ~ blueing, bluing, blue | used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge. |
| ~ bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein | a dye used as an acid-base indicator. |
| ~ bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue | a dye used as an acid-base indicator. |
| ~ cochineal | a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects. |
| ~ cyanine dye | any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen; used as sensitizers in photography. |
| ~ direct dye, substantive dye | dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.). |
| ~ fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein | a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as an absorption indicator when silver nitrate solution is added to sodium chloride in order to precipitate silver chloride (turns pink when no chloride ions are left in solution and negative fluorescein ions are then absorbed). |
| ~ fluorochrome | any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens. |
| ~ hair coloring, hair dye | a dye or tint for the hair. |
| ~ kendal, kendal green | a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant. |
| ~ lac dye | scarlet dye like cochineal; extracted with alkali from stick lac. |
| ~ lead acetate, sugar of lead | a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes. |
| ~ archil, cudbear, orchil | a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens. |
| ~ quercitron | a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree. |
| ~ radiopaque dye | dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation; used to outline certain organs during X-ray examination. |
| ~ saffranine, safranin, safranine | any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes. |
| ~ tyrian purple | a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically. |
| ~ vat color, vat dye | a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material; used for dyeing cotton. |
| ~ woad | a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant. |
| v. (change) | 2. dye | color with dye.; "Please dye these shoes" |
| ~ discolour, discolor, color, colour | change color, often in an undesired manner.; "The shirts discolored" |
| ~ bronze | give the color and appearance of bronze to something.; "bronze baby shoes" |
| ~ stain | color for microscopic study.; "The laboratory worker dyed the specimen" |
| ~ deep-dye | dye thoroughly. |
| ~ yarn-dye, impress | dye (fabric) before it is spun. |
| ~ stain | color with a liquid dye or tint.; "Stain this table a beautiful walnut color"; "people knew how to stain glass a beautiful blue in the middle ages" |
| ~ fast dye | dye with fast colors.; "These shirts should be fast-dyed" |
| ~ double dye | dye twice. |
| ~ hand-dye | dye by hand.; "This fabric is hand-dyed" |
| ~ piece-dye | dye after weaving. |
| hue | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. chromaticity, hue | the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength. |
| ~ color property | an attribute of color. |
| v. (change) | 2. hue | take on color or become colored.; "In highlights it hued to a dull silver-grey" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ pigment | acquire pigment; become colored or imbued. |
| v. (change) | 3. hue, imbue | suffuse with color. |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| tint | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. shade, tincture, tint, tone | a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color.; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" |
| ~ color, coloring, colouring, colour | a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect.; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" |
| ~ mellowness | a soft shade of a color.; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble" |
| ~ richness | a strong deep vividness of hue.; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room" |
| ~ tinge, undertone | a pale or subdued color. |
| v. (change) | 2. tinct, tinge, tint, touch | color lightly.; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the leaves were tinged red in November" |
| ~ henna | apply henna to one's hair.; "She hennas her hair every month" |
| ~ color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour | add color to.; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" |
| ~ tincture | stain or tint with a color.; "The leaves were tinctured with a bright red" |
| ~ complexion | give a certain color to.; "The setting sun complexioned the hills" |
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