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. Chad Heywood:

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

2. Tiffani Lee:

   She calmed down because we got to talking about nail polish. She had on pink and I had on Easter purple.

3. Nadia Lopez:

   This is a neighborhood that doesn't necessarily expect much from our children, so at Mott Hall Bridges Academy we set our expectations very high. We don't call the children' students,' we call them' scholars.' Our color is purple. Our scholars wear purple, and so do our staff.

4. Christy Setzer:

   At least in blue and purple states, voters sent a strong message that they don't want to hear any more about transgender kids in sports or Big Lies about stolen elections; they want normalcy in their politics and they want to affirm respect for democracy, the culture wars worked in red states, some of which only got redder, but Republicans deeply underperformed with the same groups that united for Biden's victory in 2020: young voters, women, people of color, and independents. Inflation is temporary, but authoritarianism can last forever.

5. Eva Longoria:

   Look at this! Is that not the most beautiful combination of tomatoes you’ve ever seen? the sweetness of this bright purple beet puree balances the tomatoes’ acidity.