PURPLE Synonyms

• any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers

• a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

• of a color intermediate between red and blue

• a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

• of a moderate purple color

• egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow

• hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable

• a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

• deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

• a blue-violet color

• having a color between blue and violet

• any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

• a pale purple color

• of a pale purple color

• any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

• of a pale purple color

• a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

• a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

• of deep purplish red

• a moderate purple

• of a pale to moderate greyish violet color

• chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers

• commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers

• small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked

• edible marine gastropod

• any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single hard stone

• any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit

• a highly desirable position or assignment

• exactly

• completely; used as intensifiers

• a shade of blue tinged with purple

• (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

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

• color purple

• excessively elaborate or showily expressed

• relating to or associated with an empire

• of or belonging to the British Imperial System of weights and measures

• befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress

• a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III

• a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

• lacking excess flesh

• lacking in mineral content or combustible material

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

• containing little excess

• not profitable or prosperous

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• cause to lean or incline

• have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

• rely on for support

• cause to lean to the side

• majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters

• having or displaying great dignity or nobility

• belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

• excessively elaborate or showily expressed

• a color between red and blue