yellow light
Slow down warning
A yellow light is the amber signal between green and red at traffic intersections, warning drivers to prepare to stop.
Figuratively, a yellow light is cautious permission—neither full approval nor rejection: The board gave us a yellow light on the expansion, pending further review.
Point where paths meet
- stoplightIntersection flow controller
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
- pedestrianOne traveling afoot
turning lane · roadway · junction · driving · vehicle · street · traffic code · right-of-way
Reduce pace or speed
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- warinessCautious distrust
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
vigilance · hesitation · discretion · watchfulness · mindfulness · carefulness · heed · foresight
Source of potential harm
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- riskPossibility of harm
- dangerExposure to harm
- advisoryNotice recommending action
threat · peril · beware · flashing · urgent · menace · precaution · impending
To make different
- timingArt of choosing moments
- cycleRepeating sequence of events
- approachWay of handling something
- slowingDecreasing in velocity
interval · brief · fleeting · countdown · intermediate · shift · switching · sequence
State of being unsure
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- gray areaAmbiguous, ill-defined situation
mixed signal · ambivalence · tentativeness · doubt · equivocation · limbo · borderline · conditional approval
intersection
Point where paths meet
- stoplightIntersection flow controller
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- crosswalkMarked street-crossing zone
pedestrian · turning lane · roadway · junction · driving · vehicle · street · traffic code · right-of-way · timing
slow down
Reduce pace or speed
prudence · vigilance · hesitation · discretion · watchfulness · mindfulness · carefulness · heed · foresight · deliberation
hazard
Source of potential harm
advisory · threat · peril · beware · flashing · urgent · menace · precaution · impending · imminent
change
To make different
slowing · interval · brief · fleeting · countdown · intermediate · shift · switching · sequence · phase change
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- indecisionFailure to decide
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
gray area · mixed signal · ambivalence · tentativeness · doubt · equivocation · limbo · borderline · conditional approval · not yet
- Road Safetyseatbelt, stop sign, speed limit, crosswalk, turn signal
- light spectrumvisible spectrum, spectrum, sunlight, rainbow, wavelength
- traffictraffic jam, congestion, traffic, gridlock, traffic congestion
- traffic signalstraffic signal, stoplight, crossing signal, pedestrian signal, walk signal
- color therapychromotherapy, color spectrum, color filters, colored lenses, warm colors
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
yellow lightgreen light
Authorization to proceed
red light · go-ahead · stop signal · all clear · stop sign
yellow lightgreen light
Authorization to proceed
go-ahead · blessing · thumbs up · carte blanche · red light
light, yellow, yellowish, yellowed, yellowing, yellowness, yellower, yellowest, yellowtail