Purple

//ˈpɝ.pl̩//

Synonyms for "purple" (146 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (30)

purplish regal adorned amethyst amethystine befrilled blue bombastic broach broad cap of dignity cap of maintenance clematis colored coronet crown dahlia damson decorated diadem

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dynastic embellished embroidered ermine fancy festooned

Noun(2 words)

blue-red dog whelk

Verb(1 words)

empurple

Adjective(1 words)

empurpled

Strong matches (43)

figurative figured florid flowery fuchsia grape great seal heliotrope high-flown hyacinth imperatorial imperatorious imperial imperial purple imperious kinglike kingly lavender lilac livid

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lividity lividness lush luxuriant magenta majestic mallow mars violet mauve monarchal monarchial monarchic monarchical monsignor mulberry off color off-color orb orchid ornate

Adjective(1 words)

flowery

Adjective(2 words)

imperial majestic

Related words (73)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

18 entries

chromatic color chromatic colour color color in colorise colorize colour colour in colourise colourize discolor discolour ecclesiastical attire ecclesiastical robe nobility noblesse

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

nonpurple

Synonyms

3 entries

over embellished purplish regal

Related terms

5 entries

porphyrogenite porphyrogeniture purpure rhodopsin secondary color

derived

166 entries

American purple gallinule Celebes bee-eater Chinese purple French purple Han purple Okinawan purple potato Perkin's purple Purple Hawke Purple Heart Purpleman Rebecca purple Schoenfeld's purple Tyrian purple aniline purple bee purple bepurple

Showing 16 of 166 words.

has a

1 entries

shorter wavelength than red

has context

4 entries

medicine politics roman catholic us

is a

9 entries

chromatic color color colour ecclesiastical attire mic of red and blue mix of red and blue nobility secondary colour violet

manner of

2 entries

color discolor

related to

30 entries

authority bloody blue cannabis cardinalate cultivar democrat dog whelk earcockle emblem garment imperial kush liberal magenta marijuana

Showing 16 of 30 words.

similar

3 entries

chromatic noble rhetorical

Translations

323 translations across 130 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)
πορφύρεος noun (colour)

Arabic

4 entries

أُرْجُوَانِيّ adj (colour)
بَنَفْسَجِيّ adj (colour)
أُرْجُوَانِيّ noun (colour)
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)
রক্তবর্ণ noun (colour)

Breton

1 entries

limestra noun (colour)

Bulgarian

4 entries

виоле́тов adj (colour)
мо́рав adj (colour)
пу́рпурен adj (colour)
багреница noun (a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority)

Burmese

1 entries

ခရမ်းရောင်နု noun (colour)

Catalan

4 entries

porpra adj (colour)
purpuri adj (colour)
porpra noun (colour)
porpra noun (a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority)

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)
paars noun (colour)
purper noun (colour)

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

4 entries

sinipunainen adj (colour)
violetti adj (colour)
purppura noun (colour)
purppurakotilo noun (mollusk)

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)

Gothic

1 entries

𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌿𐍂𐌰 noun (a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority)

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)
poni noun (colour)

Hebrew

2 entries

סָגֹל adj (colour)
סגול noun (colour)

Hindi

3 entries

बैंगनी adj (colour)
बैगनी adj (colour)
जामुनी noun (colour)

Hopi

2 entries

tsorongpu adj (colour)
tsorongpu noun (colour)

Hungarian

4 entries

bíbor adj (colour)
bíborszín adj (colour)
bíbor noun (colour)
bíborpalást noun (a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority)

Icelandic

4 entries

fjólublár adj (colour)
purpuralitur adj (colour)
fjólublár noun (colour)
purpuralitur noun (colour)

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)
purpura noun (colour)

Irish

4 entries

corcra adj (colour)
purpair adj (colour)
corcairghorm noun (colour)
purpair noun (colour)

Italian

1 entries

viola noun (colour)

Japanese

4 entries

パープル adj (colour)
紫の adj (colour)
紫色 adj (colour)
紫 noun (colour)

Kabardian

1 entries

шакъафэ noun (colour)

Kaitag

1 entries

дандур noun (colour)

Kannada

3 entries

ಕೆನ್ನೀಲಿ noun (colour)
ಕೆನ್ನೇರಳೆ noun (colour)
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)
purpureus adj (colour)
ostrum noun (colour)

Latvian

4 entries

lillā adj (colour)
purpurs adj (colour)
violets adj (colour)
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)
ungu noun (colour)

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)
ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠶᠠᠭᠠᠨ noun (colour)

Montagnais

1 entries

kaiapitshiminet noun (colour)

Māori

4 entries

poroporo adj (colour)
waiporoporo adj (colour)
pāpura noun (colour)
waiporoporo noun (colour)

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)
بنفش noun (colour)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

purpur adj (colour)

Polish

3 entries

fioletowy adj (colour)
purpurowy adj (colour)
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)
багря́нка noun (mollusk)

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)
purpurfärgad adj (colour)
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)
mor adj (colour)
erguvani noun (colour)
mor noun (colour)

Turkmen

2 entries

benewşe noun (colour)
melewşe noun (colour)

Tày

1 entries

cắm adj (colour)

Ukrainian

2 entries

фіоле́товий adj (colour)
фіолетовий noun (colour)

Unami

2 entries

chàkinkwèmikte adj (colour)
chàkinkwèminakwsi adj (colour)

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.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The color is purple rather than pink.

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Aya likes intense colors, such as hot pink, electric blue and deep purple.

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A purple carpet will not go with this red curtain.

Source: tatoeba (263363)

Red and blue paint mixed together give us purple.

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