Synonyms for blue

Other words for “blue”, grouped by meaning.

We found 54 synonyms for “blue”. The most common are blueness, blue sky, blue air, wild blue yonder, bluing.

noun blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

Synonymsblueness

noun the sky as viewed during daylight

noun used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

noun the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

adjective of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

Similarchromatic

adjective used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

Similarnorthern

adjective filled with melancholy and despondency

Similardejected

adjective characterized by profanity or cursing

Similardirty

adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety

Similarsexy

adjective belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

Similarnoble

adjective morally rigorous and strict

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University