Only people with exceedingly rare types of colorblindness actually see the world in monochrome.
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Monochrome
//ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm//
Synonyms for "monochrome" (108 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (22)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (54)
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2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
2 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 27 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- միագույն adj (having only one colour)
- սև-սպիտակ adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
Bulgarian
1 entries- едноцветен adj (having only one colour)
Catalan
2 entries- monocrom adj (having only one colour)
- monocromàtic adj (having only one colour)
Danish
2 entries- ensfarvet adj (having only one colour)
- monokromatisk adj (having only one colour)
Estonian
1 entries- monokroomne adj (having only one colour)
Finnish
4 entries- mustavalkoinen adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- yksivärinen adj (having only one colour)
- harmaasävykuva noun (black and white image)
- kameepiirros noun (painting executed in shades of a single colour)
French
3 entries- monochrome adj (having only one colour)
- monocolore adj (having only one colour)
- unicolore adj (having only one colour)
Galician
4 entries- monocolor adj (having only one colour)
- monocor adj (having only one colour)
- monocromo adj (having only one colour)
- unicolor adj (having only one colour)
German
4 entries- einfarbig adj (having only one colour)
- monochrom adj (having only one colour)
- Schwarzweißbild noun (black and white image)
- Schwarzweißfotografie noun (black and white image)
Hebrew
1 entries- מונוכרומטי adj (having only one colour)
Icelandic
1 entries- einlitur adj (having only one colour)
Irish
1 entries- monacrómatach adj (having only one colour)
Italian
3 entries- monocolore adj (having only one colour)
- monocromo adj (having only one colour)
- unicolore adj (having only one colour)
Japanese
3 entries- 単色 adj (having only one colour)
- 単色 adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- モノクローム noun (black and white image)
Malay
1 entries- ekawarna adj (having only one colour)
Manx
3 entries- undaahagh adj (having only one colour)
- undaahagh adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- undaah noun (black and white image)
Māori
1 entries- taetahi adj (having only one colour)
Norwegian
4 entries- ensfarget adj (having only one colour)
- monokromatisk adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- svarthvit adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- monokrom noun (black and white image)
Persian
1 entries- تکفام adj (having only one colour)
Polish
4 entries- czarno-biały adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- jednobarwny adj (having only one colour)
- monochromatyczny adj (having only one colour)
- czarno-biała fotografia noun (black and white image)
Portuguese
4 entries- monocolor adj (having only one colour)
- monocromo adj (having only one colour)
- monocromático adj (having only one colour)
- unicolor adj (having only one colour)
Romanian
3 entries- monocrom adj (having only one colour)
- monocrom adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- monocromatic adj (having only one colour)
Russian
4 entries- монохро́мный adj (having only one colour)
- одноцветный adj (having only one colour)
- чёрно-белый adj (having only one colour)
- чёрно-белый adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
Spanish
4 entries- blanco y negro adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- en blanco y negro adj (of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray)
- monocolor adj (having only one colour)
- monocromo adj (having only one colour)
Swedish
1 entries- monokrom adj (having only one colour)
Tagalog
1 entries- sangkulayin adj (having only one colour)
Welsh
1 entries- unlliw noun (black and white image)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
My first monitor was monochrome.
Source: tatoeba (10274986)
A monochrome print is less expensive than a colour print.
Source: tatoeba (10284700)
A monochrome print compared to a colour print is less expensive.
Source: tatoeba (10284701)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.