Synonyms for purple
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
2. Flowery — of language, extravagantly ornate, like purple prose
Noun
blue-red, snakebite and black, dog whelk, purpleness rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Imperial; regal.
- adj. 2
Of language, extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
Near-synonyms: flowery, overwrought
- adj. 3
Of a purple hue.
- n. 1
A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
Forms
- Plural
- purples → blue-reds…
Example sentences
- royal They bestowed several gifts on the royal visitors.
- regal Her Ladyship entered the parlor with a regal air.
- flowery The socks the girl wore were flowery.
- overwrought At the funeral, the widow was overwrought with grief.
- violet A few faint stars were gleaming in the violet sky.
By length
- 5 letters
- royal2, regal2
- 6 letters
- violet3
- 7 letters
- flowery3
- 8 letters
- imperial4, majestic3, purplish2
- 9 letters
- purpureal, empurpled
- 10 letters
- rhetorical4, purpleness
- 11 letters
- overwrought3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (royal2 = 2 syllables).