nnoun.attributea purple color or pigmentSynset:purpleness
Derivationally Related Form:purpuratepurple
Hypernyms:chromatic color chromatic colour spectral color spectral colour
Inherited Hypernyms:purplechromatic colorcolorvisual propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:lavendermauvereddish bluereddish purpleroyal purpleviolet
Full Hyponyms:indigolavendermauvereddish purpletyrian purpleviolet
nnoun.state(in ancient Rome) position of imperial statusSynset:the purple
Examples:- he was born to the purple
Derivationally Related Form:purple
Hypernyms:nobility noblesse
Inherited Hypernyms:purplenobilitystatusstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.artifact(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robesTopic:Church of RomeRoman CatholicRoman Catholic ChurchRoman ChurchWestern Church
Synset:the purple
Hypernyms:ecclesiastical attire ecclesiastical robe
Inherited Hypernyms:purpleecclesiastical attireattireclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:purpleecclesiastical attireattireclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.changebecome purpleDerivationally Related Form:purple
Hypernyms:color colour discolor discolour
Inherited Hypernyms:purplediscolorchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changecolor purpleSynset:empurple purpurate
Derivationally Related Form:purple
Hypernyms:color color in colorise colorize colour colour in colourise colourize
Inherited Hypernyms:purplecolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
adj satadj.allof a color intermediate between red and blueSynset:purplish violet
Antonyms:achromatic
Derivationally Related Form:purplenessvioletpurple
Inherited Hypernyms:purple
Similar to:chromatic
adj satadj.allexcessively elaborate or showily expressedSynset:empurpled over-embellished
Examples:- a writer of empurpled literature
- many purple passages
- an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
Antonyms:unrhetorical
Inherited Hypernyms:empurpled
Similar to:rhetorical
adj satadj.allbelonging to or befitting a supreme rulerSynset:imperial majestic regal royal
Examples:- golden age of imperial splendor
- purple tyrant
- regal attire
- treated with royal acclaim
- the royal carriage of a stag's head
Antonyms:lowborn
Derivationally Related Form:purpleemperor
Inherited Hypernyms:imperial
Similar to:noble