Words Like PURPLE
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to PURPLE.
    
    
    
        
            18 Alternative Words Similar to purple
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        10 examples of purple
           
        
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        to put on the imperial purple
    
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        the banded purple (Basilarchia arthemis).
    
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        a purple robe
    
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        hands purpled with blood
    
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        many purple passages
    
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        an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
    
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        purple tyrant
    
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        treated with royal acclaim
    
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        the royal carriage of a stag's head
    
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        regal attire
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of purple
           
        
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        A color formed by, or resembling that formed by, a combination of the primary colors red and blue.
    
    
    
 
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        Cloth dyed a purple color, or a garment of such color; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple rode or mantle worn by Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
    
    
    
 
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        Hence: Imperial sovereignty; royal rank, dignity, or favor; loosely and colloquially, any exalted station; great wealth.
    
    
    
 
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        A cardinalate. See Cardinal.
    
    
    
 
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        Any species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis)  See Illust. under Ursula.
    
    
    
 
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        Any shell of the genus Purpura.
    
    
    
 
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        A disease of wheat. Same as Earcockle.
    
    
    
 
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        Exhibiting or possessing the color called purple, much esteemed for its richness and beauty; of a deep red, or red and blue color.
    
    
    
 
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        Imperial; regal; -- so called from the color having been an emblem of imperial authority.