CERULEOUS Synonyms

• a light shade of blue

• of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

• color azure

• blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime

• blue clothing

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue

• the sky as viewed during daylight

• used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge

• the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic

• any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

• of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky

• used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• characterized by profanity or cursing

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy

• morally rigorous and strict

• causing dejection

• turn blue

• a hard ferromagnetic silver-white bivalent or trivalent metallic element; a trace element in plant and animal nutrition

• a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically

• deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

• a blue-violet color

• having a color between blue and violet

• an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare

• the navy of the United States of America; the agency that maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces

• a dark shade of blue

• a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

• a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• a light shade of blue

• of something having the color of a blue sapphire

• a light shade of blue

• of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

• a blue-green color or pigment

• any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of Europe and America

• of a bluish shade of green

• a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate

• a shade of blue tinged with green