PURPLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a chromatic color between red and blue
   Synonym(s)
   • empurpled (what does empurpled mean?)
   • purpleness (what does purpleness mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) purple 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)
   • mauve (what does mauve mean?)
   • reddish purple (what does reddish purple mean?)
   • royal purple (what does royal purple mean?)
   • violet (what does violet mean?)
   • reddish blue (what does reddish blue mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • purple (what does purple mean?)
   • empurple (what does empurple mean?)
   • purpurate (what does purpurate mean?)
   • purple (what does purple mean?)
   • purple (what does purple mean?)
   • empurple (what does empurple mean?)
   • purpurate (what does purpurate mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of imperial status
   Usage Example(s)
   • he was born to the purple
   Hypernyms(s) purple is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • nobility (what does nobility mean?)
   • noblesse (what does noblesse mean?)

PURPLE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • color purple
   Synonym(s)
   • empurple (what does empurple mean?)
   • purpurate (what does purpurate mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) purple is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • color (what does color mean?)
   • colorize (what does colorize mean?)
   • colorise (what does colorise mean?)
   • colourise (what does colourise mean?)
   • colourize (what does colourize mean?)
   • colour (what does colour mean?)
   • color in (what does color in mean?)
   • colour in (what does colour in mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • purple (what does purple mean?)
   • purpleness (what does purpleness mean?)
   • empurpled (what does empurpled mean?)
   • purple (what does purple mean?)
   • purpleness (what does purpleness mean?)
   • empurpled (what does empurpled mean?)
2. Meaning
   • become purple
   Hypernyms(s) purple 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)
   • purple (what does purple mean?)
   • purpleness (what does purpleness mean?)
   • empurpled (what does empurpled mean?)

PURPLE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • of a color midway between red and blue
   Synonym(s)
   • purplish (what does purplish mean?)
   • violet (what does violet mean?)
   Similar To
   • chromatic (what does chromatic mean?)
2. Meaning
   • belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
   Synonym(s)
   • imperial (what does imperial mean?)
   • majestic (what does majestic mean?)
   • regal (what does regal mean?)
   • royal (what does royal mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • golden age of imperial splendor
   • purple tyrant
   • regal attire
   • treated with royal acclaim
   • the royal carriage of a stag’’s head
   Similar To
   • noble (what does noble mean?)
3. Meaning
   • excessively elaborate or showily expressed
   Synonym(s)
   • embellished (what does embellished mean?)
   • empurpled (what does empurpled mean?)
   • over-embellished (what does over-embellished mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a writer of empurpled literature
   • many purple passages
   • speech embellished with classical quotations
   • an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
   Similar To
   • rhetorical (what does rhetorical mean?)