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purple |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb purple Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb purple Entailment of verb purple Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb purple 2 senses of purple Sense 1 purple => discolor, discolour, colour, color Sense 2 purple, empurple, purpurate => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in colour in Familiarity of verb purple purple used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb purple Sense 1 purple => discolor, discolour, colour, color -------------- Sense 2 purple, empurple, purpurate => color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in colour in -------------- Grep of noun purple banded purple early purple orchid late purple aster order of the purple heart purple purple-flowering raspberry purple-fringed orchid purple-fringed orchis purple-hooded orchis purple-staining cortinarius purple-stemmed aster purple amaranth purple anise purple apricot purple avens purple bacteria purple beech purple boneset purple chinese houses purple clematis purple clover purple cress purple emperor purple finch purple fringeless orchid purple fringeless orchis purple gallinule purple grackle purple granadillo purple ground cherry purple heart purple heather purple loco purple locoweed purple loosestrife purple martin purple milk vetch purple mullein purple nightshade purple onion purple orchis purple osier purple passage purple pea purple poppy mallow purple rock brake purple sage purple sanicle purple saxifrage purple silkweed purple strawberry guava purple trillium purple velvet plant purple virgin's bower purple willow purpleness red-spotted purple reddish purple retinal purple royal purple texas purple spike tyrian purple visual purple Overview of noun purple The noun purple has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) purple, purpleness, empurpled -- (a chromatic color between red and blue) 2. purple -- (of imperial status; "he was born to the purple") Overview of verb purple The verb purple has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. purple -- (become purple) 2. purple, empurple, purpurate -- (color purple) Overview of adj purple The adj purple has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) purple, violet, purplish -- (of a color midway between red and blue) 2. embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple -- (excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away") 3. imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal -- (belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head") 4. empurpled, purple -- (made purple especially as with suffused blood; "empurpled with rage"; "purple with suppressed anger") Antonyms of adj purple 4 senses of purple Sense 1 purple, violet, purplish INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic Sense 2 embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple INDIRECT (VIA rhetorical) -> unrhetorical Sense 3 imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal INDIRECT (VIA noble) -> lowborn Sense 4 empurpled, purple INDIRECT (VIA colored) -> uncolored, uncoloured Similarity of adj purple 4 senses of purple Sense 1 purple, violet, purplish => chromatic (vs. achromatic) Sense 2 embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple => rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical) Sense 3 imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal => noble (vs. lowborn) Sense 4 empurpled, purple => colored (vs. uncolored), coloured, in color(prenominal), colorful Attributes of adj purple Familiarity of adj purple purple used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj purple purple Overview of noun purple The noun purple has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) purple, purpleness, empurpled -- (a chromatic color between red and blue) 2. purple -- (of imperial status; "he was born to the purple") Overview of verb purple The verb purple has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. purple -- (become purple) 2. purple, empurple, purpurate -- (color purple) Overview of adj purple The adj purple has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (9) purple, violet, purplish -- (of a color midway between red and blue) 2. embellished, empurpled, over-embellished, purple -- (excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away") 3. imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal -- (belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head") 4. empurpled, purple -- (made purple especially as with suffused blood; "empurpled with rage"; "purple with suppressed anger")
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