The color is purple rather than pink.
Source: tatoeba (46151)
Purple
/ˈpɝ.pl̩/
Synonyms for "purple" (158 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Adjective(8 words)
Related words (79)
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Show 46 more words
purplenesspurplescentpurplinesspurplishpurplishnesspurplypurpuratepurpurepurpurealpurpureanpurpureousqueenlikequeenlyracyraisin-coloredregalregal purpleregaliarhetoricalrisquerobe of staterodrod of empireroyalroyal crownroyal purplesaltysceptersealsexyshadysignetsolferinosovereignspicystiltedsuggestivetiaratriple plumeturgidtyrian purpleuraeusviolaceousvioletwickedwine purple
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: violet, adorned, amaranth, amethyst, amethystine.
- Sentence evidence is available for purple, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "purple".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "purple"
Keep "purple" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "purple" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "purple", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "purple" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
More specific
11 entriesCollocations
10 entriesTyrian purplepurple colorpurple dyepurple heartpurple pigmentpurple prosepurple robepurple textilespurple velvetroyal purple
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
313 translations across 129 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- pers noun (colour)
Akan
1 entries- pɛpol noun (colour)
Albanian
3 entries- llullaq adj (colour)
- vjollcë adj (colour)
- vjollcë noun (colour)
Amharic
1 entries- ሃምራዊ adj (colour)
Ancient
2 entries- πορφυροῦς noun (colour)
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Arabic
4 entries- أُرْجُوَانِيّ adj (colour)
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- بنفسجي noun (colour)
Aragonese
1 entries- purpurenco noun (colour)
Armenian
2 entries- ծիրանի adj (colour)
- ծիրանի noun (colour)
Asturian
4 entries- moráu adj (colour)
- púrpura adj (colour)
- moráu noun (colour)
- púrpura noun (colour)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- bənövşəyi noun (colour)
- tünd qırmızı noun (colour)
Basque
1 entries- gorrindol noun (colour)
Belarusian
1 entries- фіяле́тавы adj (colour)
Bengali
2 entries- বেগুনী noun (colour)
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Breton
1 entries- limestra noun (colour)
Bulgarian
4 entries- виоле́тов adj (colour)
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- пу́рпурен adj (colour)
- пурпурен noun (colour)
Burmese
1 entries- ခရမ်းရောင်နု noun (colour)
Catalan
4 entries- porpra adj (colour)
- purpuri adj (colour)
- porpra noun (colour)
- púrpura noun (colour)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- مۆر noun (colour)
Chechen
2 entries- лилула-сийна noun (colour)
- шекъан бос noun (colour)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᏕᎷᎨ noun (colour)
Chichewa
2 entries- chofiilira adj (colour)
- wofiirira noun (colour)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 紫色 noun (colour)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 紫 adj (colour)
- 紫色 adj (colour)
- 紺 /绀 adj (colour)
- 紫色 noun (colour)
Cornish
4 entries- glasrudh adj (colour)
- purpur adj (colour)
- glasrudh noun (colour)
- purpur noun (colour)
Czech
4 entries- nachový adj (colour)
- purpurový adj (colour)
- fialový noun (colour)
- purpurový noun (colour)
Danish
4 entries- lilla adj (colour)
- lilla noun (colour)
- purpur noun (colour)
- violet noun (colour)
Dutch
4 entries- paars adj (colour)
- purperen adj (colour)
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Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- sangen noun (colour)
Esperanto
2 entries- purpura adj (colour)
- purpuro noun (colour)
Estonian
3 entries- purpurne adj (colour)
- lilla noun (colour)
- purpurne noun (colour)
Faroese
3 entries- korkalitur noun (colour)
- purpur noun (colour)
- purpurlitur noun (colour)
Fijian
1 entries- lokaloka noun (colour)
Finnish
3 entries- sinipunainen adj (colour)
- violetti adj (colour)
- purppura noun (colour)
French
4 entries- pourpre adj (colour)
- violet adj (colour)
- pourpre noun (colour)
- violet noun (colour)
Galician
2 entries- morado adj (colour)
- morado noun (colour)
Georgian
4 entries- იასამნისფერი adj (colour)
- იისფერი adj (colour)
- მოვარდისფრო-მოიისფრო adj (colour)
- მოწითალო-მოლურჯო adj (colour)
German
4 entries- purpurn adj (colour)
- purpurrot adj (colour)
- lila noun (colour)
- purpur noun (colour)
Greek
4 entries- βιολετής adj (colour)
- μοβ adj (colour)
- πορφυρός adj (colour)
- πορφυρό noun (colour)
Gujarati
2 entries- જાંબલી noun (colour)
- જાંબુડિયું noun (colour)
Haitian Creole
3 entries- mov adj (colour)
- vyolèt adj (colour)
- mov noun (colour)
Hausa
1 entries- shunayya noun (colour)
Hawaiian
2 entries- mākuʻe noun (colour)
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Hebrew
2 entries- סָגֹל adj (colour)
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Hindi
3 entries- बैंगनी adj (colour)
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Hopi
2 entries- tsorongpu adj (colour)
- tsorongpu noun (colour)
Hungarian
4 entries- bíbor adj (colour)
- bíborszín adj (colour)
- bíbor noun (colour)
- lila noun (colour)
Icelandic
4 entries- fjólublár adj (colour)
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Ido
2 entries- purpurea adj (colour)
- purpuro noun (colour)
Igbo
2 entries- odòdo noun (colour)
- òdòdò noun (colour)
Indonesian
1 entries- ungu noun (colour)
Interlingua
2 entries- purpuree adj (colour)
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Irish
4 entries- corcra adj (colour)
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- corcairghorm noun (colour)
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Italian
1 entries- viola noun (colour)
Japanese
4 entries- パープル adj (colour)
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Kabardian
1 entries- шакъафэ noun (colour)
Kaitag
1 entries- дандур noun (colour)
Kannada
3 entries- ಕೆನ್ನೀಲಿ noun (colour)
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- ನೇರಳೆ noun (colour)
Kazakh
1 entries- күлгін noun (colour)
Khmer
2 entries- ពណ៌ស្វាយ adj (colour)
- ពណ៌ស្វាយ noun (colour)
Kongo
1 entries- viole noun (colour)
Korean
3 entries- 보라색의 adj (colour)
- 보라색 noun (colour)
- 자주색 noun (colour)
Lakota
2 entries- tȟóluta noun (colour)
- šátȟo noun (colour)
Latgalian
1 entries- liļovs noun (colour)
Latin
4 entries- blatteus adj (colour)
- ostrīnus adj (colour)
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- ostrum noun (colour)
Latvian
4 entries- lillā adj (colour)
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- violets noun (colour)
Louisiana Creole
4 entries- lila adj (colour)
- vyolèt adj (colour)
- vyolé adj (colour)
- lila noun (colour)
Luganda
1 entries- kimuli noun (colour)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- mof adj (colour)
Macedonian
1 entries- пурпурна noun (colour)
Malagasy
1 entries- volomparasy noun (colour)
Malay
2 entries- ungu adj (colour)
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Malayalam
1 entries- ധൂമ്രനൂൽ noun (colour)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡧᡠᡧᡠ adj (colour)
Maranao
1 entries- kasomba adj (colour)
Marathi
1 entries- जांभळा noun (colour)
Mokilese
1 entries- pwijehn mwoal noun (colour)
Mongolian
2 entries- хөх ягаан noun (colour)
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Montagnais
1 entries- kaiapitshiminet noun (colour)
Māori
4 entries- poroporo adj (colour)
- waiporoporo adj (colour)
- pāpura noun (colour)
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Navajo
1 entries- tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh noun (colour)
Nepali
1 entries- बैंगनी noun (colour)
Norman
1 entries- pourpre adj (colour)
Norwegian
2 entries- fiolett noun (colour)
- lilla noun (colour)
Occitan
1 entries- porpra noun (colour)
Ojibwe
1 entries- miinaande noun (colour)
Old English
4 entries- basu adj (colour)
- basureadan adj (colour)
- blǣhǣwen adj (colour)
- weolucbasu adj (colour)
Old Tupi
1 entries- umbyk adj (colour)
Persian
3 entries- ارغوانی adj (colour)
- ارغوانی noun (colour)
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Plautdietsch
1 entries- purpur adj (colour)
Polish
3 entries- fioletowy adj (colour)
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- fiolet noun (colour)
Portuguese
4 entries- púrpura adj (colour)
- roxo adj (colour)
- púrpura noun (colour)
- roxo noun (colour)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਜਾਮਨੀ adj (colour)
Quechua
3 entries- kulli adj (colour)
- sañi adj (colour)
- kulli noun (colour)
Romanian
4 entries- mov noun (colour)
- purpuriu noun (colour)
- purpură noun (colour)
- violet noun (colour)
Romansch
2 entries- violet adj (colour)
- violet noun (colour)
Russian
4 entries- пу́рпурный adj (colour)
- пурпу́рный adj (colour)
- фиоле́товый adj (colour)
- пурпу́рный noun (colour)
Samoan
1 entries- viole noun (colour)
Saterland Frisian
2 entries- sangen adj (colour)
- sangen noun (colour)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- còrcair adj (colour)
- purpaidh adj (colour)
- purpar adj (colour)
- purpar noun (colour)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ljubičast adj (colour)
- purpuran adj (colour)
- пурпуран adj (colour)
- љубичаст adj (colour)
Slovak
1 entries- purpurový adj (colour)
Somali
2 entries- dugul adj (colour)
- carwaajiis noun (colour)
Spanish
4 entries- coccíneo adj (colour)
- morado adj (colour)
- múrice adj (colour)
- purpurino adj (colour)
Sundanese
1 entries- gandola noun (colour)
Swahili
1 entries- -a zambarau adj (colour)
Swedish
4 entries- lila adj (colour)
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- violett adj (colour)
- gredelin noun (colour)
Tagalog
2 entries- haban noun (colour)
- lila noun (colour)
Tajik
1 entries- қирмизӣ adj (colour)
Tamil
1 entries- ஊதா noun (colour)
Tatar
2 entries- шәмәхә adj (colour)
- шәмәхә noun (colour)
Telugu
2 entries- ఊదా adj (colour)
- లేత ఎరుపు రంగు noun (colour)
Thai
2 entries- ม่วง adj (colour)
- สีม่วง noun (colour)
Tok Pisin
1 entries- hap ret noun (colour)
Turkish
4 entries- erguvani adj (colour)
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Turkmen
2 entries- benewşe noun (colour)
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Tày
1 entries- cắm adj (colour)
Ukrainian
2 entries- фіоле́товий adj (colour)
- фіолетовий noun (colour)
Unami
2 entries- chàkinkwèmikte adj (colour)
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Urdu
1 entries- جامنی adj (colour)
Uzbek
1 entries- qirmizi noun (colour)
Vietnamese
3 entries- màu tím adj (colour)
- đỏ tía adj (colour)
- tía noun (colour)
Volapük
2 entries- purpurik adj (colour)
- purpur noun (colour)
Welsh
4 entries- glasgoch adj (colour)
- piws adj (colour)
- porffor adj (colour)
- glasgoch noun (colour)
West-Frisian
1 entries- pears noun (colour)
Yiddish
3 entries- לילאַ noun (colour)
- פּורפּור noun (colour)
- פּערפּעלן noun (colour)
Yoruba
1 entries- àwo elésè àlùkò noun (colour)
Yup'ik
1 entries- pelicqiq noun (colour)
Zazaki
1 entries- mor f more (diq) noun (colour)
Zulu
1 entries- okusabukhwebezane noun (colour)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Aya likes intense colors, such as hot pink, electric blue and deep purple.
Source: tatoeba (67449)
A purple carpet will not go with this red curtain.
Source: tatoeba (263363)
Red and blue paint mixed together give us purple.
Source: tatoeba (272349)
Showing 4 of 35 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "purple"?
Closest matches include violet, adorned, amaranth, amethyst, amethystine.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "purple"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.