English Explanatory Dictionary

colourless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having little or no colour.
  2. Water white.
  3. Lacking in interest or variety.
  4. Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/ en-us-colourless.ogg

Word forms

colourless more colourless most colourless colorless

Etymology

From colour + -less.

Synonyms

dull dingy achromatic colorless colourless hueless bland dim faint lackluster leaden muddy sad sober uncolorful unholiday wan clear waterlike clear as crystal crystalline diaphanous glassy hyaline hyaloid limpid lucid pellucid perspicuous see-through serene transparent transpicuous vitreous drab banal basic beat blah boring cold corny stuffy dreich drowsy dull as dishwater flat heavy going ho-hum humdrum insipid lame languid lifeless longsome monotonous mundane no fun at parties plain plodding

Derived words

colourlessly colourlessness
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