A tall man with a sallow complexion walked into the room and sat down next to Tom.
Source: tatoeba (3525161)
Sallow
//ˈsæl.oʊ//
Synonyms for "sallow" (111 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὠχρός adj (yellowish)
Breton
1 entries- haleg-gavr noun (Salix caprea)
Bulgarian
3 entries- жълтеникав adj (yellowish)
- зацапан adj (dirty)
- ива noun (Salix caprea)
Czech
2 entries- zažloutlý adj (yellowish)
- vrba jíva noun (Salix caprea)
Danish
2 entries- gusten adj (yellowish)
- selje-pil noun (Salix caprea)
Dutch
2 entries- boswilg noun (Salix caprea)
- waterwilg noun (Salix caprea)
Finnish
3 entries- harmaankeltainen adj (yellowish)
- kellertävä adj (yellowish)
- raita noun (Salix caprea)
French
3 entries- cireux adj (yellowish)
- jaunâtre adj (yellowish)
- saule marsault noun (Salix caprea)
Galician
1 entries- salgueiro cabuxo noun (Salix caprea)
German
1 entries- Salweide noun (Salix caprea)
Greek
3 entries- χλωμός adj (yellowish)
- ωχρός adj (yellowish)
- ιτιά noun (Salix caprea)
Hungarian
4 entries- fakó adj (yellowish)
- pergamenszínű adj (yellowish)
- színtelen adj (yellowish)
- sápadt adj (yellowish)
Icelandic
1 entries- selja noun (Salix caprea)
Ingrian
1 entries- raita noun (Salix caprea)
Irish
1 entries- sailchearnach noun (Salix caprea)
Italian
2 entries- salice delle capre noun (Salix caprea)
- salicone noun (Salix caprea)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шар даг adj (yellowish)
Korean
1 entries- 호랑버들 noun (Salix caprea)
Latin
2 entries- lūridus adj (yellowish)
- lūteus adj (yellowish)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- płowy adj (yellowish)
Macedonian
2 entries- жолте́никав adj (yellowish)
- и́ва noun (Salix caprea)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاری adj (yellowish)
Persian
1 entries- زرد adj (yellowish)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- blauss adj (yellowish)
Polish
3 entries- brudny adj (dirty)
- ziemisty adj (yellowish)
- wierzba iwa noun (Salix caprea)
Russian
2 entries- земли́стый adj (yellowish)
- и́ва козья noun (Salix caprea)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- odhar adj (yellowish)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- žućkast adj (yellowish)
- vrba iva noun (Salix caprea)
Spanish
3 entries- salce cabruno noun (Salix caprea)
- sauce cabruno noun (Salix caprea)
- zargatillo noun (Salix caprea)
Swedish
1 entries- sälg noun (Salix caprea)
Welsh
2 entries- helyg crynddail noun (Salix caprea)
- helyg deilgrwn noun (Salix caprea)
Sample sentences
45 total sentences available.
Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.
Source: tatoeba (5827110)
Barren trees are the fir, elder, birch, cypress, beech, ivy, sallow, linden and so on, but most of them afford shade.
Source: tatoeba (7306294)
If you are old enough to remember the 1960 U.S. presidential election, it was believed John F. Kennedy’s youthful appearance and vigor swept him into office over Richard Nixon, who appeared sallow and pale in a television debate.
Source: tatoeba (11860341)
Showing 4 of 45 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.