| NOUN | attribute | purple, purpleness | a purple color or pigment |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | purple, the purple | of imperial status | |
| artifact | purple, the purple | (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | purple, violet, purplish | of a color intermediate between red and blue |
| all | purple, empurpled, over-embellished | excessively elaborate or showily expressed | |
| all | purple, imperial, majestic, regal, royal | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler | |
| VERB | change | purple | become purple |
| change | purple, empurple, purpurate | color purple |
| Sounds | per'pahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | Of a color intermediate between red and blue. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | violet, purplish | |
| Broader | chromatic | Being or having or characterized by hue |
| Spanish | amoratado, morado, púrpura, purpúreo, violáceo, violado, violeta | |
| Catalan | moradenc, moradís, morat, porpra, porprat, purpuri, violaci, violat, violeta | |
| Nouns | purple, purpleness | a purple color or pigment |
| Meaning | excessively elaborate or showily expressed. | |
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| Examples |
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| Synonyms | empurpled, over-embellished | |
| Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| Spanish | ampuloso, florido, hinchado | |
| Catalan | ampulós, florit, inflat | |
| Meaning | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "purple tyrant" | |
| Synonyms | imperial, majestic, regal, royal | |
| Broader | noble | Of or belonging to or constituting / constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times |
| Spanish | imperial, majestuoso, púrpura, real, regio | |
| Catalan | imperial, majestuós, porpra, púrpura, real, regi, reial | |
| Nouns | purple | of imperial status |
| Meaning | A purple color or pigment. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | purpleness | |
| Narrower | lavender | A pale purple color |
| mauve | A moderate purple | |
| reddish purple, royal purple | A shade of purple tinged with red | |
| violet, reddish blue | A variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum | |
| Broader | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | A color that has hue |
| Spanish | morado, púrpura, violeta | |
| Catalan | morat, porpra, púrpura, violeta | |
| Adjectives | purple | of a color intermediate between red and blue |
| Verbs | purple, purpurate | color purple |
| purple | become purple | |
| Meaning | Of imperial status. | |
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| Example | "he was born to the purple" | |
| Synonym | the purple | |
| Broader | nobility, noblesse | The state of being of noble birth |
| Spanish | sangre azul | |
| Adjectives | purple | belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler |
| Meaning | (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes. | |
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| Synonym | the purple | |
| Category | Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church | The Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy |
| Broader | ecclesiastical attire, ecclesiastical robe | attire that is appropriate to wear in a church |
| Meaning | Become purple. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | discolor, discolour, colour, color | change color, often in an undesired manner |
| Spanish | purpurar | |
| Catalan | emporprar | |
| Nouns | purple | a purple color or pigment |
| Meaning | color purple. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | empurple, purpurate | |
| Broader | color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in | add color to |
| Spanish | purpurar | |
| Catalan | emporprar | |
| Nouns | purple | a purple color or pigment |
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