decolour

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verb

To deprive of colour; to bleach.

Similar
bleachbleach outdecolordecolorizedecolourizedecolorisedecolourisediscolorize
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Meanings

verbdecolour (third-person singular simple present decolours, present participle decolouring, simple past and past participle decoloured)

present singular third person decolours · participle present decolouring · participle past decoloured · past decoloured · alternative decolor

  1. transitiveTo deprive of colour; to bleach.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause to become white or lighter in color

Similar
bleachbleach outdecolordecolorizedecolourizedecolorisedecolourisediscolorizediscolourisediscolorise
Broader
discolor
Also see
bleachdecolorizedecolourize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From de- + colour.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

coloured
Cite this entry
APA

decolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decolour

MLA

“decolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decolour. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decolour,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decolour.

Source: decolour on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.