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monochromatic

monochromatic adjective: having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.

Adjective

monochromatic (not comparable)

  1. Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
  2. Perceptive of only one color; unable to distinguish colors; total color blindness.
  3. (figuratively) Plain, dull, lifeless.
    • Let's not […] lose our sense of boyish fun and daring, but let's at least begin to assert ourselves in the world, to impose our vision of sex and affection and spirit more and more upon the monochromatic Fatherland.1982 April 24, Michael Rumaker, “Zephyrs”, in Gay Community News, page 5
    Synonyms:
    boring

monochromatic meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Bengali

monochromatic in Hindi

monochromatic
एकवर्णीय ekvarṇīya

monochromatic in Tamil

ஒரு நிற, ஓரலைச்சார், ஒற்றை நிற

monochromatic in Bengali

একবর্ণী

Synonyms of monochromatic

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of monochromatic

Origin of monochromatic

From mono- + chromatic, mono- from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”), chromatic from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Words formed from monochromatic

Questions about monochromatic

What does monochromatic mean?
Monochromatic means having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
What is monochromatic in Hindi?
Monochromatic in Hindi is एकवर्णीय (ekvarṇīya). See Monochromatic meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is monochromatic?
Monochromatic is an adjective.

Words near monochromatic in the dictionary

  1. monochromate
  2. monochromated
  3. monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
  4. monochromated scanning transmission electron microscopes
  5. monochromates
  6. monochromatic
  7. monochromatically
  8. monochromaticity
  9. monochromating
  10. monochromatised
  11. monochromatism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monochromatic (page history and authors); एकवर्णीय (Hindi) (page history and authors); monochromatic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); monochromatic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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