Synonyms for purple

Other words for “purple”, grouped by meaning.

We found 15 synonyms for “purple”. The most common are purpleness, the purple, empurple, purpurate, violet.

noun a purple color or pigment

Synonymspurpleness

noun (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

Synonymsthe purple

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

Synonymsthe purple

verb color purple

adjective of a color intermediate between red and blue

Similarchromatic

adjective excessively elaborate or showily expressed

Similarrhetorical

adjective belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler

Similarnoble

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University