Synonyms of the word

sapphire

• n. (countable) A clear deep blue variety of corundum, valued as a precious stone.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A white, yellow, or purple variety of corundum, either clear or translucent.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A deep blue colour.
• n. (countable) A type of South American hummingbird (Chlorestes notata) also called blue-chinned sapphire.
• adj. of a deep blue colour.
• adj. pertaining to a 45th year.

azure

• n. (heraldry) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
• n. (countable and uncountable) The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
• n. (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
• n. Lapis lazuli.
• adj. Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
• adj. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour blue.
• v. (transitive) To colour blue.

blue

• adj. Of the colour blue.
• adj. (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
• adj. Pale, without redness or glare; said of a flame.
• adj. (politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by a political party represented…
• adj. (astronomy) Of the higher-frequency region of the part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant…
• adj. (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
• adj. (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
• adj. (archaic) Severe or overly strict in morals; gloomy.
• adj. (archaic, of women) literary; bluestockinged.
• adj. (particle physics) Having a color charge of blue.
• adj. (comedy) Risque or obscene.
• n. (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea, between green and violet in the…
• n. A blue dye or pigment.
• n. Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
• n. Blue clothing.
• n. (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
• n. (slang) A member of law enforcement.
• n. The sky, literally or figuratively.
• n. The ocean; deep waters.
• n. Anything blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in color.
• n. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 5 points.
• n. Any of the blue-winged butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatini in the family Lycaenidae.
• n. A bluefish.
• n. (Australia, colloquial) An argument.
• n. A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
• n. (Britain) A type of firecracker.
• n. (archaic) A pedantic woman; a bluestocking.
• n. (particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.
• v. (ergative) To make or become blue.
• v. (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes…
• v. (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
• v. (transitive, slang) To spend (money) extravagantly; to blow.
• adj. (entertainment, informal) Pornographic or profane.

blueness

• n. The state or quality of being blue.

cerulean

• n. (countable and uncountable) A greenish-blue color.
• n. (countable) A butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
• adj. sky-blue.

chromatic

• adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
• adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
• adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

corundum

• n. (mineralogy) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al₂O₃, that…

gem

• n. A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
• n. (figuratively) any precious or highly valued thing or person.
• n. Anything of small size, or expressed within brief limits, which is regarded as a gem on account of its…
• n. (obsolete) a gemma or leaf-bud.
• n. a type of geometrid moth, Orthonama obstipata.
• n. (computing) A package containing programs or libraries for the Ruby programming language.
• n. (uncountable, printing, uncommon, obsolete) A size of type between brilliant (4-point) and diamond (4½-point),…
• v. (transitive) To adorn with, or as if with, gems.

jewel

• n. A precious or semi-precious stone; gem, gemstone.
• n. A valuable object used for personal ornamentation, especially one made of precious metals and stones;…
• n. (figuratively) Anything considered precious or valuable.
• n. A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
• n. (slang) The clitoris.
• v. To bejewel; to decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems.

lazuline

• adj. Pale blue.

sky-blue

• adj. Alternative form of sky blue.