'Khaki' definitions:
Definition of 'khaki'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of a yellowish brown color
noun
A sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms
Definition of 'Khaki'
From: GCIDE
- Khaki \Kha"ki\ (k[aum]"k[-e]), a. [Hind. kh[=a]k[imac], lit., dusty, dust-colored, fr. Per. kh[=a]k dust.] Of a dull brownish yellow, or drab color; -- applied to cloth, originally to a stout brownish cotton cloth, used in making uniforms in the Anglo-Indian army.
- Note: In the United States service the summer uniform of cotton is officially designated khaki; the winter uniform of wool, olive drab. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Khaki'
From: GCIDE
- Khaki \Kha"ki\, n. Any kind of khaki cloth; hence, a uniform of khaki or, rarely, a soldier clad in khaki. In the United States and British armies khaki or cloth of a very similar color is almost exclusively used for service in the field. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'khaki'
From: GCIDE
- colorful \colorful\ adj.
- 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.
- Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}]
- Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome.
- Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.]
- Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'khaki'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- beige,
- brown,
- brownish,
- brownish-yellow,
- brunet,
- chocolate,
- cinnamon,
- cocoa,
- cocoa-brown,
- coffee,
- coffee-brown,
- drab,
- dun,
- dun-brown,
- dun-drab,
- ecru,
- fawn,
- fawn-colored,
- fuscous,
- grege,
- hazel,
- lurid,
- nut-brown,
- olive-brown,
- olive-drab,
- seal,
- seal-brown,
- sepia,
- snuff-colored,
- sorrel,
- tan,
- taupe,
- tawny,
- toast,
- toast-brown,
- umber,
- umber-colored,
- walnut,
- walnut-brown,
- yellowish-brown