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pinker

UK/ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/US/ˈpɪŋkɚ/

pinker is the comparative form of pink.

Meaning of pink

Adjective

pink (comparative pinker, superlative pinkest)

  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
  3. Having conjunctivitis.
  4. By comparison to red (communist), supportive of socialist ideas but not actually socialist or communist.
    • The word "socialist" has so many connotations that it can cover almost anything from pink liberalism to red-red communism.1976, Bhalchandra Pundlik Adarkar, The Future of the Constitution: A Critical Analysis
  5. (informal) Relating to women or girls.
    • pink-collar
  6. (informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
    • the pink economy

See all 37 meanings of pink

Noun

pinker (plural pinkers)

  1. One who pinks (in various senses).
    • The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.2000, Leigh David Benin, The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry, page 92

Proper noun capitalized: Pinker

Pinker

  1. A surname.
    • The appearance underlines past incidents in which Pinker has encountered criticism for his association with advocates of so-called “human biodiversity”, which other academics have called a “rebranding” of racial genetic essentialism and scientific racism.2025 June 7, Jason Wilson, “Harvard author Steven Pinker appears on podcast linked to scientific racism”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2025

Forms of pinker

pluralpinkers

Words formed from pinker

Words that rhyme with pinker

Questions about pinker

What does pinker mean?
Pinker means one who pinks (in various senses).
What is pinker the comparative form of?
Pinker is the comparative form of pink.
What part of speech is pinker?
Pinker can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pinker?
Pinker is pronounced /ˈpɪŋkə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of pinker?
The plural of pinker is pinkers.

Words near pinker in the dictionary

  1. pinkeens
  2. pinken
  3. pinkened
  4. pinkening
  5. pinkens
  6. pinker
  7. Pinkerian
  8. Pinkerman
  9. Pinkermans
  10. pinkers
  11. Pinkerton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pinker (page history and authors); Pinker (page history and authors); pink (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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