purple - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes

Synonyms

• purple
• the purple

More generic

• ecclesiastical attire
• ecclesiastical robe

Noun

a purple color or pigment

Synonyms

• purple
• purpleness

More generic

• chromatic color
• chromatic colour
• spectral color
• spectral colour

More specific

• lavender
• mauve
• reddish blue
• reddish purple
• royal purple
• violet

Noun

(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

Synonyms

• purple
• the purple

More generic

• nobility
• noblesse

Verb

color purple

Synonyms

• empurple
• purple
• purpurate

More generic

• color
• color in
• colorise
• colorize
• colour
• colour in
• colourise
• colourize

Verb

become purple

Synonyms

• purple

More generic

• color
• colour
• discolor
• discolour

Adjective

of a color intermediate between red and blue

Synonyms

• purple
• purplish
• violet

Related

• chromatic

Adjective

belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

Synonyms

• imperial
• majestic
• purple
• regal
• royal

Related

• noble

Adjective

excessively elaborate or showily expressed

Synonyms

• empurpled
• over-embellished
• purple

Related

• rhetorical

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