colourless

25 synonyms and 1 antonym for colourless, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Having almost no colour at all.

Synonyms

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Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.

clear basic boring moderate

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

bland faint dull transparent commonplace blah

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

dingy uncolorful lackluster colorless achromatic leaden hyaline pellucid limpid crystalline glassy lucid drab corny banal

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Having almost no colour at all.

“The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.”

bland dingy faint dull uncolorful lackluster colorless achromatic leaden

Opposites

colourful

2. adj

As clear as water, with no colour.

hyaline transparent pellucid clear limpid crystalline glassy lucid

3. adj

Dull and not interesting or varied.

drab basic corny dull boring commonplace bland blah banal

4. adj

Not taking a strong side in opinion or politics.

“They cannot, of course, assume a colourless position because they cater to the radical rank and file and would be branded renegades.”

moderate

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