Synonyms of blue

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adjective

ˈblü 

1

as in sad

feeling unhappiness

a cold, dreary day always leaves me blue

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sad
• depressed
• unhappy
• heartbroken
• miserable
• bad
• melancholy
• sorry
• upset
• worried
• mournful
• disappointed
• sorrowful
• uneasy
• gloomy
• hopeless
• melancholic
• troubled
• down
• dejected
• disconsolate
• downcast
• joyless
• woebegone
• droopy
• glum
• distressed
• forlorn
• crestfallen
• doleful
• inconsolable
• despondent
• depressing
• wretched
• suicidal
• down in the mouth
• hangdog
• woeful
• heartsick
• low
• brokenhearted
• saddened
• cast down
• downhearted
• low-spirited
• heavyhearted
• gray
• discouraged
• heartsore
• sunk
• black
• aggrieved
• tearful
• despairing
• grieving
• weeping
• unquiet
• somber
• bleak
• dark
• dispirited
• desolate
• plaintive
• lachrymose
• dolorous
• lugubrious
• wailing
• anguished
• disheartened
• sullen
• darkening
• morbid
• regretful
• cheerless
• morose
• agonized
• elegiac
• dreary
• rueful
• dismal
• saturnine
• murky
• funereal
• drear
• comfortless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cheerful
• cheery
• sunny
• happy
• joyous
• joyful
• buoyant
• jubilant
• glad
• exuberant
• blissful
• merry
• upbeat
• gleeful
• ecstatic
• jolly
• delighted
• chipper
• rapturous
• euphoric
• jovial
• rosy
• buoyed
• exultant
• rhapsodic
• excited
• enraptured
• blithe
• jocular
• optimistic
• mirthful
• sanguine
• jocose
• hopeful
• energetic
• animated
• spirited
• lively
• content
• smiling
• blithesome
• elated
• bouncing
• perky
• overjoyed
• gladsome
• vivacious
• jaunty
• gladdened
• vital
• peppy
• jocund
• springy
• lightsome
• sprightly
• frisky
• zippy
• exhilarated
• entranced
• laughing
• satisfied
• encouraged
• thrilled
• pleased
• careless
• cavalier
• grinning
• carefree
• unconcerned
• easygoing
• gratified
• lighthearted
• insouciant
• boon
• beaming
• heartened
• sprightful
• happy-go-lucky
• devil-may-care

2

as in obscene

depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society

was shocked at the blue banter on that satellite-radio talk show

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obscene
• vulgar
• dirty
• nasty
• foul
• filthy
• suggestive
• gross
• naughty
• pornographic
• coarse
• obnoxious
• crude
• unacceptable
• offensive
• stag
• unwanted
• trashy
• unpleasant
• impure
• disgusting
• smutty
• unprintable
• raunchy
• bawdy
• lascivious
• locker-room
• undesirable
• profane
• indecent
• ribald
• abusive
• lewd
• broad
• soft
• gutter
• infamous
• wanton
• off
• salty
• X-rated
• porny
• wicked
• low
• coarse-grained
• earthy
• kinky
• barnyard
• salacious
• perverted
• off-color
• racy
• scatological
• unwelcome
• unbecoming
• repulsive
• loathsome
• objectionable
• depraved
• gamy
• revolting
• repellent
• immodest
• risqué
• indecorous
• indelicate
• repugnant
• abhorrent
• perverse
• louche
• exceptionable
• distasteful
• hard-core
• atrocious
• scurrilous
• reprehensible
• blameworthy
• censurable
• blamable
• soft-core
• debasing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• decent
• wholesome
• proper
• Victorian
• correct
• nice
• staid
• puritanical
• prim
• polite
• appropriate
• innocuous
• prudish
• respectable
• acceptable
• genteel
• desirable
• suitable
• decorous
• welcome
• pleasant
• pure
• nonobscene
• becoming
• inoffensive
• perfect
• meet
• agreeable
• priggish
• straitlaced
• G-rated
• pleasing
• fit
• seemly
• spotless
• immaculate
• virginal
• endorsed
• approved
• sanctioned

3

as in suggestive

hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent

a lighthearted comedy with a few moments of blue humor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suggestive
• naughty
• off-color
• spicy
• off
• salty
• vulgar
• bawdy
• ribald
• lewd
• racy
• coarse
• warm
• gamy
• nasty
• risqué
• pornographic
• dirty
• crude
• obscene
• foul
• filthy
• coarse-grained
• earthy
• gross
• barnyard
• stag
• leering
• smutty
• unprintable
• raunchy
• lascivious
• locker-room
• indecent
• prurient
• gutter
• immodest
• indecorous
• indelicate
• unpublishable
• X-rated
• porny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• clean
• decent
• innocuous
• inoffensive
• nonobscene
• Victorian
• staid
• puritanical
• prim
• proper
• correct
• nice
• G-rated
• prudish
• priggish
• polite
• respectable
• genteel
• decorous
• seemly
• straitlaced

4

as in intellectual

much given to learning and thinking

a book club that had been founded many years earlier by the blue, progressive women of the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intellectual
• cerebral
• cultured
• long-haired
• nerdy
• geeky
• academic
• scholarly
• highbrow
• intellectualistic
• literate
• intelligent
• intellectualist
• nerdish
• educated
• highbrowed
• brilliant
• eggheaded
• cultivated
• clever
• smart
• bright
• learned
• erudite
• professorial
• bookish
• didactic
• snooty
• schooled
• snobbish
• snobby
• high-toned
• high-hat
• pedantic
• brainy
• hyperintellectual
• well-read
• polyhistoric
• polymath
• quick-witted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowbrow
• nonintellectual
• ignorant
• uncultivated
• uncultured
• uneducated
• dumb
• stupid
• unread
• illiterate
• slow
• idiotic
• foolish
• unlettered
• anti-intellectual
• philistine
• unintelligent
• moronic
• benighted
• unenlightened

blue

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noun

1

as in sky

the expanse of air surrounding the earth

the plane flew off into the blue and was never seen again

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sky
• welkin
• heaven(s)
• high
• firmament
• midair
• skyline
• horizon

2

as in sea

the whole body of salt water that covers nearly three-fourths of the earth

pirate ships that sailed the vasty blue in search of treasure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sea
• ocean
• waters
• Neptune
• brine
• deep
• seven seas
• blue water
• high seas
• basin
• depths
• main
• Davy Jones's locker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blue

Adjective

During the Halloween season, Shawn and Ryan Tofte’s house illuminates with a cool blue hue while jack-o’-lanterns provide a warm glow on the steps and yard. — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Irvine, who was commuting home from his job as a technician in a dark blue Volkswagen hatchback, came to an abrupt stop in free-flowing traffic, lurching to the far-right lane. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Noun

The decor at Living is dominated by a palette of orange and dark blue. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Orange graces the sneaker almost entirely uninterrupted through the upper to the translucent midsole, but blue is used for the tongue’s Kobe Sheath logo and the heel Swoosh. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing blue

• blue blood
• blue devils
• blue in the face
• blue moon
• blue ribbon
• bolt from the blue
• bolt out of the blue
• once in a blue moon
• talk a blue streak