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Definition of yellow : 1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green.
2. A yellow pigment.
3. Being of a bright saffronlike color; of the color of gold or brass; having the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is between the orange and the green.
4. Cowardly; hence, dishonorable; mean; contemptible; as, he has a yellow streak.
5. Sensational; - said of some newspapers, their makers, etc.; as, yellow journal, journalism, etc.
6. To become yellow or yellower.
7. To make yellow; to cause to have a yellow tinge or color; to dye yellow.

Synonyms:

yellowed, unethical, offensive, yellowness, chickenhearted, sensational, lewd, yellowish, white-livered, sensationalistic, fear, dastardly, sexy, unmanly, lily-livered, xanthous, exciting, yellow-bellied, unprincipled, pusillanimous, faint-hearted, scandalmongering, icteric, lurid

cringing, cowardly, gutless, fainthearted, mean, low, tremulous, sneaking, craven, deceitful, timid, tricky, chicken, fearful, treacherous

shrinking, tentative, ambivalent, uncertain, shifty, volatile, inconsistent, hesitant, dillydallying, infirm, shy, indecisive, irresolute, irresponsible, unwilling, unresolved, insipid, flitting, weak, watery, impulsive, capricious, vacillating, changeable, erratic, double-minded, unsure, shilly-shally, undependable, halfhearted, fly-by-night, spineless, fickle, undecided

gilded, aurin, goldenrod, creamy, crocus, sulfur, primrose, lemon, sunny, amber, xanthic, buttery, cream-colored, straw, champagne, sunshine, chartreuse, honey, sallow, buff, honey-colored, canary, mustard, dandelion, tawny, flaxen, gold, ecru, sandy, fallow, maize, citron, jasmine, saffron, jaundiced, golden

phobic, terrified

Usage examples:

• She wore a long, shining yellow dress, and her arms and neck were bare. - "What Dreams May Come", Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton.
• A yellow ring around the eye. - "Bird-Neighbors", Blanchan, Neltje.
• When he saw me his dark eyes lit up with that yellow glare I knew already. - "The Reckoning", Robert W. Chambers.