Dictionary

Definition of Pale

• (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
• (v. i.) Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
• (n.) Paleness; pallor.
• (v. i.) To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
• (v. t.) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
• (n.) A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
• (n.) That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
• (n.) A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.
• (n.) A stripe or band, as on a garment.
• (n.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
• (n.) A cheese scoop.
• (n.) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
• (v. t.) To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

Synonyms of Pale

• Spotter
• Lookout Man
• Lookout
• Piquet
• Sentry
• Watch
• Picket
• Sentinel
• Scout
• Pallid
• Wan
• Sick
• Queasy
• Sickish
• Mad
• Unhinged
• Sick(P)
• Ghastly
• Grisly
• Fed Up(P)
• Gruesome
• Nauseous
• Macabre
• Brainsick
• Ill
• Sick Of(P)
• Demented
• Crazy
• Grim
• Disturbed
• Tired Of(P)
• Unbalanced
• Disgusted
• Nauseated
• Parboil
• Blench
• Blanch
• Discolor
• Discolour
• Colour
• Color

Antonyms of Pale

• Colorful
• Colourful
• Strong
• Full
• Dark

Homophones of Pale

• Pail