PURPURATE Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word purpurate. (close relations)
Definition of PURPURATE
Best Alternative Words for PURPURATE
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amaranth | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America • any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food | ||||||||
fuchsia | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti • a vivid purplish-red color | ||||||||
magenta | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I • a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta adjective satellite • of deep purplish red | ||||||||
reddish-purple | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • of purple tinged with red | ||||||||
empurple | verbv | |||||||
verb • color purple | ||||||||
purple | adjectiveadj | |||||||
noun • a color between red and blue • (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status • (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes adjective satellite • of a color intermediate between red and blue • excessively elaborate or showily expressed • belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler verb • become purple • color purple |