Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

Verb

The word "blues" can be used as noun, proper noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

Golds Greens Purples Reds Whites camos fatigues greens khakis

Created By

blues musicians

Derived Terms

Arctic blues Chicago blues Piedmont blues Texas blues Ts and blues baby blues blooze blue note blues and twos blues scale blues-rock blueshead bluesify bluesish blueslike bluesman bluester blueswoman bluesy classic female blues club blues corona blues country blues country-blues cry the blues delta blues eight-bar blues electric blues folk blues folk-blues gospel blues gospel-blues have the blues hill country blues jump blues preblues punk-blues rhythm and blues soul blues soul-blues summer blues swamp blues talking blues tease and blues tees and blues theatre blues twelve bar blues twelve-bar blues vaudeville blues winter blues

Inflected/Variant Forms

blue

Context

australian rules football birmingham liverpool london manchester music genre rugby league soccer sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

African-American music black music depression folk ballad folk song folksong

Type Of (IsA)

black music depression folk song music music genre

Related Terms

african american blue blues scale boogie depression eight bar blues kit sadness sports team twelve bar blues

Synonym Network

depression

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.