BLUE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any of numerous small chiefly blue butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • lycaenid (what does lycaenid mean?)
   • lycaenid butterfly (what does lycaenid butterfly mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate
   • used as a sedative and a hypnotic
   Synonym(s)
   • amobarbital sodium (what does amobarbital sodium mean?)
   • Amytal (what does Amytal mean?)
   • blue angel (what does blue angel mean?)
   • blue devil (what does blue devil mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • amobarbital (what does amobarbital mean?)
3. Meaning
   • blue clothing
   Usage Example(s)
   • she was wearing blue
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • clothing (what does clothing mean?)
   • article of clothing (what does article of clothing mean?)
   • vesture (what does vesture mean?)
   • wear (what does wear mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the color of the clear sky in the daytime
   Synonym(s)
   • blueness (what does blueness mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he had eyes of bright blue
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • chromatic color (what does chromatic color mean?)
   • chromatic colour (what does chromatic colour mean?)
   • spectral color (what does spectral color mean?)
   • spectral colour (what does spectral colour mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • azure (what does azure mean?)
   • cerulean (what does cerulean mean?)
   • sapphire (what does sapphire mean?)
   • lazuline (what does lazuline mean?)
   • sky-blue (what does sky-blue mean?)
   • powder blue (what does powder blue mean?)
   • steel blue (what does steel blue mean?)
   • Prussian blue (what does Prussian blue mean?)
   • dark blue (what does dark blue mean?)
   • navy (what does navy mean?)
   • navy blue (what does navy blue mean?)
   • greenish blue (what does greenish blue mean?)
   • aqua (what does aqua mean?)
   • aquamarine (what does aquamarine mean?)
   • turquoise (what does turquoise mean?)
   • cobalt blue (what does cobalt blue mean?)
   • peacock blue (what does peacock blue mean?)
   • purplish blue (what does purplish blue mean?)
   • royal blue (what does royal blue mean?)
   • ultramarine (what does ultramarine mean?)
   • Payne’s gray (what does Payne’s gray mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • blue (what does blue mean?)
5. Meaning
   • any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
   Usage Example(s)
   • the Union army was a vast blue
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • organization (what does organization mean?)
   • organisation (what does organisation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • Union Army (what does Union Army mean?)
6. Meaning
   • the sky as viewed during daylight
   Synonym(s)
   • blue air (what does blue air mean?)
   • blue sky (what does blue sky mean?)
   • wild blue yonder (what does wild blue yonder mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he shot an arrow into the blue
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • sky (what does sky mean?)
7. Meaning
   • used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
   Synonym(s)
   • blueing (what does blueing mean?)
   • bluing (what does bluing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • dye (what does dye mean?)
   • dyestuff (what does dyestuff mean?)

BLUE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • turn blue
   Hypernyms(s) blue is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discolor (what does discolor mean?)
   • discolour (what does discolour mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • color (what does color mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • blue (what does blue mean?)
   • blueness (what does blueness mean?)
   • bluing (what does bluing mean?)
   • blueing (what does blueing mean?)

BLUE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • causing dejection
   Synonym(s)
   • dark (what does dark mean?)
   • depressing (what does depressing mean?)
   • disconsolate (what does disconsolate mean?)
   • dismal (what does dismal mean?)
   • dispiriting (what does dispiriting mean?)
   • gloomy (what does gloomy mean?)
   • grim (what does grim mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a blue day
   • the dark days of the war
   • a week of rainy depressing weather
   • a disconsolate winter landscape
   • the first dismal dispiriting days of November
   • a dark gloomy day
   • grim rainy weather
   Similar To
   • cheerless (what does cheerless mean?)
   • uncheerful (what does uncheerful mean?)
2. Meaning
   • having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
   Synonym(s)
   • blue-black (what does blue-black mean?)
   • blueish (what does blueish mean?)
   • bluish (what does bluish mean?)
   • dark-blue (what does dark-blue mean?)
   • light-blue (what does light-blue mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • October’’s bright blue weather- Helen Hunt Jackson
   • a blue flame
   • blue haze of tobacco smoke
   Similar To
   • chromatic (what does chromatic mean?)
3. Meaning
   • characterized by profanity or cursing
   Synonym(s)
   • blasphemous (what does blasphemous mean?)
   • profane (what does profane mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • foul-mouthed and blasphemous
   • blue language
   • profane words
   Similar To
   • dirty (what does dirty mean?)
4. Meaning
   • low in spirits
   Synonym(s)
   • depressed (what does depressed mean?)
   • dispirited (what does dispirited mean?)
   • down(p) (what does down(p) mean?)
   • downcast (what does downcast mean?)
   • downhearted (what does downhearted mean?)
   • down in the mouth (what does down in the mouth mean?)
   • low (what does low mean?)
   • low-spirited (what does low-spirited mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • lonely and blue in a strange city
   • depressed by the loss of his job
   • a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
   • downcast after his defeat
   • feeling discouraged and downhearted
   Similar To
   • dejected (what does dejected mean?)
5. Meaning
   • belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
   Synonym(s)
   • aristocratic (what does aristocratic mean?)
   • aristocratical (what does aristocratical mean?)
   • blue-blooded (what does blue-blooded mean?)
   • gentle (what does gentle mean?)
   • patrician (what does patrician mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • an aristocratic family
   • aristocratic Bostonians
   • aristocratic government
   • a blue family
   • blue blood
   • the blue-blooded aristocracy
   • of gentle blood
   • patrician landholders of the
   Similar To
   • noble (what does noble mean?)
6. Meaning
   • used to signify the Union forces in the Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a ragged blue line
   Similar To
   • northern (what does northern mean?)
7. Meaning
   • suggestive of sexual impropriety
   Synonym(s)
   • gamey (what does gamey mean?)
   • gamy (what does gamy mean?)
   • juicy (what does juicy mean?)
   • naughty (what does naughty mean?)
   • racy (what does racy mean?)
   • risque (what does risque mean?)
   • spicy (what does spicy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a blue movie
   • blue jokes
   • he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
   • a juicy scandal
   • a naughty wink
   • naughty words
   • racy anecdotes
   • a risque story
   • spicy gossip
   Similar To
   • sexy (what does sexy mean?)