Synonyms for pale
peɪlpale

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1. pale

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, faint, dim, undefined, etiolated, sallow, cadaverous

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, high-colored, conspicuous, deep

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1. picket, paleadjective

   a wooden strip forming part of a fence

   Synonyms:
   spotter, lookout man, lookout, piquet, sentry, watch, picket, sentinel, scout

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, full, dark

2. paleadjective

   very light colored; highly diluted with white

   "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   colorful, colourful, strong, dark, full

3. pale, pallid, wan, sickadjective

   (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

   "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"

   Synonyms:
   queasy, sickish, mad, unhinged, sick(p), sick, ghastly, grisly, wan, fed up(p), gruesome, nauseous, macabre, brainsick, ill, sick of(p), demented, crazy, grim, disturbed, tired of(p), unbalanced, disgusted, nauseated, pallid

   Antonyms:
   colorful, full, dark, colourful, strong

4. pale, pallidadjective

   lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness

   "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, dark, colorful, strong

5. pale, pallid, wanadjective

   abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress

   "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   strong, colorful, dark, colourful, full

6. paleverb

   not full or rich

   "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, sick

   Antonyms:
   full, strong, colourful, colorful, dark

7. pale, blanch, blenchverb

   turn pale, as if in fear

   Synonyms:
   parboil, blench, blanch

   Antonyms:
   colourful, full, strong, colorful, dark

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1. paleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, ashy, whitish, colorless, cadaverous, not ruddy

2. paleadjective

   Synonyms:
   dim, sombre

3. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, stake

4. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   enclosure, circuit

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1. paleadjective

   Synonyms:
   pallid, wan, colorless, ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate, ashy, dim, faint, indistinct, obscure

   Antonyms:
   ruddy, buxom, flushed, blowzed

2. palenoun

   Synonyms:
   picket, boundary, limit, confine, fence, inclosure

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1. List of paraphrases for "pale":

   bali, blade, faint, light-coloured, light, leap, palley, livid

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1. List of known nicknames for "Pale":

   Steven McDonald

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1. Batman:

   The Joker Tell me something, my friend. You ever dance with the devil by the pale moonlight

2. Andrew Frisch:

   This is beyond the pale, and I think it was clear.

3. Nicholas Smith:

   At the moment people are assuming that oil is a barometer of global trade and they worry that falling oil prices mean there is no demand, but all other concerns pale in significance to next week's Fed meeting. The trouble with this recent volatility is it makes it harder to work out sentiment surrounding a possible rate hike.

4. James Mitchell:

   In my view, the CIA analysts and the CIA targeters are incredible, to do this, to besmirch them, I think, is beyond the pale.

5. Barry Mano:

   But violating our personal space is just simply not acceptable. What we saw in this video is just so beyond the pale it’s astonishing when you see it. Everybody in our industry saw that video and said, ‘ Okay, that’s enough. ’ There’s no way anything like this does n’t have a commensurate consequence. with this one, because the video is there for the world to see, that’s why we’re experiencing this cry for some sort of resolution.