Blue
nnoun.attributeblue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytimeSynset:blueness
Examples:- he had eyes of bright blue
Derivationally Related Form:blue
Hypernyms:chromatic color chromatic colour spectral color spectral colour
Inherited Hypernyms:bluechromatic colorcolorvisual propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Prussian blueaquaaquamarineazureceruleancobalt bluedark bluegreenish bluelazulinenavynavy bluepeacock bluepowder bluepurplish blueroyal bluesapphiresky-bluesteel blueturquoiseultramarine
Full Hyponyms:azuredark bluegreenish bluepowder blueprussian bluepurplish bluesteel blueultramarine
nnoun.artifactblue clothingHypernyms:article of clothing clothing habiliment vesture wear wearable
Inherited Hypernyms:blueclothingconsumer goodscommodityartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:blueclothingcoveringartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.groupany organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blueExamples:- the Union army was a vast blue
Hypernyms:organisation organization
Inherited Hypernyms:blueorganizationsocial groupgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Union Army
nnoun.objectthe sky as viewed during daylightSynset:blue air blue sky wild blue yonder
Examples:- he shot an arrow into the blue
Hypernyms:sky
Inherited Hypernyms:blue skyskyatmospheregasfluidmatterphysical entityentity
nnoun.substanceused to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tingeSynset:blueing bluing
Hypernyms:dye dyestuff
Inherited Hypernyms:bluingdyecoloring materialmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:bluingdyecoloring materialmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.artifactthe sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnoticSynset:Amytal amobarbital sodium blue angel blue devil
Hypernyms:amobarbital
Inherited Hypernyms:amobarbital sodiumamobarbitalbarbituratesedative-hypnoticsedativedrug of abusedrugagentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:amobarbital sodiumamobarbitalbarbituratesedative-hypnoticsedativedrug of abusedrugagentsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:amobarbital sodiumamobarbitalbarbituratesedative-hypnoticsedativemedicinedrugagentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:amobarbital sodiumamobarbitalbarbituratesedative-hypnoticsedativemedicinedrugagentsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:amobarbital sodiumamobarbitaltruth serumintravenous anestheticanestheticdrugagentcausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:amobarbital sodiumamobarbitaltruth serumintravenous anestheticanestheticdrugagentsubstancematterphysical entityentity
nnoun.animalany of numerous small butterflies of the family LycaenidaeMember Holonyms:Lycaena genus Lycaena
Hypernyms:lycaenid lycaenid butterfly
Inherited Hypernyms:bluelycaenidbutterflylepidopterous insectinsectarthropodinvertebrateanimalorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.changeturn blueDerivationally Related Form:bluebluing
Hypernyms:color colour discolor discolour
Inherited Hypernyms:bluediscolorchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
adj satadj.allof the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded skySynset:blueish bluish
Examples:- October's bright blue weather - Helen Hunt Jackson
- a blue flame
- blue haze of tobacco smoke
Antonyms:achromatic
Derivationally Related Form:blueness
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:chromatic
adj satadj.allused to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)Antonyms:southern
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:northern
adj satadj.allfilled with melancholy and despondencySynset:depressed dispirited down down in the mouth downcast downhearted gloomy grim low low-spirited
Examples:- gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
- gloomy predictions
- a gloomy silence
- took a grim view of the economy
- the darkening mood
- lonely and blue in a strange city
- depressed by the loss of his job
- a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
- downcast after his defeat
- feeling discouraged and downhearted
Antonyms:elated
Derivationally Related Form:downheartednessdispiritednesslow-spiritednesslownessgloominess
Inherited Hypernyms:gloomy
Similar to:dejected
adj satadj.allcharacterized by profanity or cursingSynset:blasphemous profane
Examples:- foul-mouthed and blasphemous
- blue language
- profane words
Antonyms:clean
Derivationally Related Form:profanityprofanenessblasphemy
Inherited Hypernyms:blasphemous
Similar to:dirty
adj satadj.allsuggestive of sexual improprietySynset:gamey gamy juicy naughty racy risque spicy
Examples:- a blue movie
- blue jokes
- he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
- a juicy scandal
- a naughty wink
- naughty words
- racy anecdotes
- a risque story
- spicy gossip
Antonyms:unsexy
Derivationally Related Form:spicinessracinessgaminess
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:sexy
adj satadj.allbelonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracySynset:aristocratic aristocratical blue-blooded gentle patrician
Examples:- an aristocratic family
- aristocratic Bostonians
- aristocratic government
- a blue family
- blue blood
- the blue-blooded aristocracy
- of gentle blood
- patrician landholders of the American South
- aristocratic bearing
- aristocratic features
- patrician tastes
Antonyms:lowborn
Derivationally Related Form:patriciangentilityaristocracyaristocrat
Inherited Hypernyms:aristocratic
Similar to:noble
adj satadj.allmorally rigorous and strictSynset:puritanic puritanical
Examples:- puritanic distaste for alcohol
- she was anything but puritanical in her behavior
- blue laws
Antonyms:indulgent
Derivationally Related Form:puritanPuritanism
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:nonindulgent strict
adj satadj.allcausing dejectionSynset:dark dingy disconsolate dismal drab drear dreary gloomy grim sorry
Examples:- a blue day
- the dark days of the war
- a week of rainy depressing weather
- a disconsolate winter landscape
- the first dismal dispiriting days of November
- a dark gloomy day
- grim rainy weather
Antonyms:cheerful
Derivationally Related Form:dreariness
Inherited Hypernyms:blue
Similar to:cheerless depressing uncheerful