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Synonyms & Antonyms of purple
full of fine words and fancy expressions
- an overwritten novel with far too many purple patches
Synonyms for purple
- aureate,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiloquent,
- high-flown,
- high-sounding,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- magnific,
- ornate,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric)
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“Purple.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purple. Accessed 28 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of purple was in the 15th century
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