decolorizing

The word “decolorizing” has 5 syllables: de-col-or-iz-ing

It's pronounced as /dɪˈkʌl.ə.raɪ.zɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for decolorizing?

In the thesaurus, “decolorizing” has 17 synonyms and 36 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for decolorizing along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decolorizing

  • blanching
  • bleaching
  • blenching
  • brightening
  • dimming
  • dulling
  • etiolating
  • fading
  • frosting
  • lightening
  • matting
  • paling
  • silvering
  • snowing
  • washing out
  • whitening
  • whitewashing

Antonyms for decolorizing

  • blackening
  • blotching
  • burnishing
  • checkering
  • coloring
  • dappling
  • darkening
  • daubing
  • deepening
  • discoloring
  • dyeing
  • embrowning
  • flecking
  • marbling
  • mottling
  • painting
  • patterning
  • pigmenting
  • polishing
  • polychroming
  • shading
  • shining
  • specking
  • speckling
  • splotching
  • spotting
  • staining
  • streaking
  • striating
  • striping
  • tarnishing
  • tincturing
  • tingeing
  • tinging
  • tinting
  • variegating

Meanings of decolorizing

  • verb
    1. To remove the color from.
    2. To lose one’s color.

Example Sentences

  • The lab technician is decolorizing the dye to observe its chemical changes.
  • We are currently decolorizing the fabric to prepare it for re-dyeing.
  • She spent hours decolorizing the samples for the experiment.
  • The process of decolorizing can affect the texture of some materials.
  • Decolorizing the water is necessary before it can be safely reused.

On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decolorizing, such as: blackening, blanching, bleaching, blenching, blotching, brightening, burnishing.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fading

  • blanching
  • bleaching
  • blenching
  • blurring
  • breaking down
  • brightening
  • clearing
  • clearing out
  • dead
  • decadent
  • decamping
  • decampment
  • decaying
  • deceased
  • decline
  • declining
  • decolorizing
  • defunct
  • degenerating
  • degeneration
  • dematerializing
  • demised
  • departed
  • departing
  • departure
  • deteriorating
  • deterioration
  • dimming
  • disappearance
  • disappearing
  • dispersing
  • dissipating
  • dissipation
  • dissolution
  • dissolving
  • drooping
  • dropping out of sight
  • drying up
  • dulling
  • dying
  • egress
  • emaciating
  • emigration
  • etiolating
  • evacuation
  • evanescent
  • evanescing
  • evaporating
  • evaporation
  • exit
  • exiting
  • exodus
  • expiring
  • fadeaway
  • failing
  • fallen
  • farewell
  • flagging
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  • flying
  • frosting
  • going
  • gone
  • growing dimmer
  • hazy
  • lagging
  • languishing
  • leave-taking
  • leaving
  • lifeless
  • lightening
  • matting
  • melting
  • moribund
  • paling
  • parting
  • passed away
  • passing
  • passing away
  • quitting
  • regression
  • relapse
  • retirement
  • retreat
  • rotting
  • running down
  • sagging
  • silvering
  • sinking
  • snowing
  • terminal
  • vanishing
  • washing out
  • weakening
  • wearing out
  • whitening
  • whitewashing
  • wilting
  • withdrawal
  • withering
  • worsening
  • yielding

paling

washing out

  • bankrupt
  • blanching
  • bleaching
  • blenching
  • bombing
  • breaking
  • brightening
  • burning out
  • busting
  • collapsing
  • coming a cropper
  • coming to grief
  • coming up empty
  • crashing
  • cratering
  • crumbling
  • debilitating
  • declining
  • decolorizing
  • deluging
  • destroyed
  • dimming
  • doing in
  • doing up
  • douching
  • dousing
  • dowsing
  • draining
  • drenching
  • dulling
  • dying on the vine
  • enervating
  • enfeebling
  • engulfing
  • etiolating
  • exhausting
  • fading
  • fagging
  • failed
  • failing
  • falling flat
  • falling short
  • fatiguing
  • flaming out
  • flooding
  • flopping
  • floundering
  • flowing
  • flunking
  • flushing
  • folding
  • foundering
  • frazzling
  • frosting
  • futureless
  • going under
  • gushing
  • harassing
  • hopeless
  • hosing
  • imploding
  • inauspicious
  • inundating
  • irrigating
  • kaput
  • kaputt
  • kerflooey
  • killing
  • knocking out
  • laying an egg
  • lightening
  • matting
  • miscarrying
  • misfiring
  • missing
  • no-good
  • outwearing
  • paling
  • rinsing
  • ruined
  • rushing
  • sapping
  • saturating
  • self-destructing
  • silvering
  • sinking
  • skidding
  • slipping
  • sloshing
  • sluicing
  • slumping
  • snowing
  • soaking
  • splashing
  • streaming
  • striking out
  • struggling
  • swamping
  • tanking
  • tiring
  • unpromising
  • unsuccessful
  • waning
  • washing
  • wasting
  • weakening
  • wearing
  • wearing out
  • wearing to a frazzle
  • wearying
  • whitening
  • whitewashing
  • wrecked

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