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Synonyms for purplish

Most common

violet livid purply

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Violet

purple, violet

Other

livid, purply, purpuric dated, purplely rare, purpurescent rare

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Somewhat purple in colour/color.

Related words

Is a kind of
purple tinted

Example sentences

  • violet A few faint stars were gleaming in the violet sky.
  • livid The section chief was really livid. What did you do?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
purplishfalling
violetfalling
lividrising
purplyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
livid2
6 letters
purple2, violet3, purply
8 letters
purpuric, purplely
12 letters
purpurescent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (livid2 = 2 syllables).