Synonyms for purple
ˈpɜr pəlpur·ple

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1. purple, purplenessnoun

   a purple color or pigment

   Synonyms:
   purpleness

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical, achromatic, neutral, lowborn

2. purpleadjective

   of imperial status

   "he was born to the purple"

   Synonyms:
   purpleness

   Antonyms:
   neutral, lowborn, achromatic, unrhetorical

3. purple, violet, purplishadjective

   of a color intermediate between red and blue

   Synonyms:
   empurpled, over-embellished, violet, regal, majestic, imperial, royal, purplish

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, unrhetorical, lowborn, neutral

4. empurpled, over-embellished, purpleadjective

   excessively elaborate or showily expressed

   "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

   Synonyms:
   empurpled, over-embellished, violet, regal, majestic, imperial, royal, purplish

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical, neutral, lowborn, achromatic

5. imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royalverb

   belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

   "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"

   Synonyms:
   over-embellished, olympian, empurpled, proud, lofty, violet, regal, imperial, majestic, royal, purplish, gallant

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, neutral, unrhetorical, lowborn

6. purpleverb

   become purple

   Synonyms:
   empurple, purpurate

   Antonyms:
   neutral, achromatic, lowborn, unrhetorical

7. purple, empurple, purpurateverb

   color purple

   Synonyms:
   empurple, purpurate

   Antonyms:
   achromatic, lowborn, unrhetorical, neutral

Matched Categories

1. • Chromatic Color
   • Discolor

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1. List of paraphrases for "purple":

   violet, mauve, violette, crimson, violeta, bromocresol

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1. Sam Crowe:

   That's part of the challenge, high fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, even a dark purple rash. It can progress very rapidly though and lead to death within a very short period of time. So we're telling folks if they're seeing those symptoms, to definitely get to their health care provider as soon as possible.

2. Donald Herman Voigt:

   Well, I was just a kid at the time and I wasnt sure why I received the award as I was doing what I was sent and trained to do.It happened so fast - I was injured by shrapnel, sent to sickbay and given the Purple Heart, then --it was gone.I just thought Id never get it back again so to have it would be pretty wonderful as I didnt really realize at the time just how much it meant.

3. Chad Heywood:

   This was a purple state that looked red during the Obama years.

4. David McLain:

   The dietary intake of Okinawans until 1975 came from purple sweet potatoes, i would argue it produced the longest-lived population in the history of humankind.

5. Marcius Porcius Cato:

   Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chains those who steal from the public treasure go dressed in gold and purple.