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Synonyms of blue

104 similar words · 6 opposite words

Another word for blue is turquoise. Other synonyms of blue are indigo, aqua, cyan and ultramarine.

Synonyms and similar words for blue

adjectiveDepressed, melancholic, sad.

  • miserableIn a state of misery: very sad, ill, or poor.
  • unhappyNot happy; sad.
  • atrabiliary
  • atrabilious
  • blithelessWithout happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.
  • dispiritedWithout energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.
  • bummed outDepressed, disappointed, in a gloomy mood.
  • chapfallenCrestfallen, dejected.
  • cheerlessDevoid of cheer; gloomy.
  • chopfallenSynonym of chapfallen.
  • crestfallen
  • cut up Australia, UKEmotionally upset; mentally distressed.
  • damp figuratively
  • dejectedSad and dispirited.
  • depressedUnhappy; despondent.
  • despondentIn low spirits from loss of hope or courage.
  • disgruntledIn a dissatisfied, frustrated, or upset mood; in a bad temper or ill humour.
  • disconsolateSeemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
  • disheartenedDiscouraged, despairing.
  • dismalDepressing, dreary, cheerless.
  • dolefulFilled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
  • dolesomeCharacterised or marked by sorrow and grief; doleful; dismal; gloomy.
  • downSad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.
  • down in the dumpsSad; lacking engagement or enthusiasm.
  • down in the mouthSad or discouraged, especially as indicated by one's facial appearance.
  • downcastOf a person: feeling despondent or discouraged.
  • downheartedSad, discouraged, in low spirits, unhappy, having no hope.
  • downsomeLow-spirited; melancholy.
  • dullBored, depressed, down.
  • elegiacExpressing sorrow or mourning.
  • elegiousMelancholy, miserable, plaintive.
  • forlornPitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
  • gloomySuffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected.
  • glumDespondent; moody; sullen.
  • grief-strickenVery sad.
  • grievingFeeling or showing sorrow or distress due to loss, especially the death of someone.
  • heavy-heartedSad, melancholic.
  • heartsoreHeartsick.
  • heartsickVery despondent or sorrowful; heartsore.
  • inconsolableNot consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
  • infelicitous
  • jawfallenDejected, dispirited.
  • joylessWithout joy; unhappy, sad.
  • lachrymoseTearful, sorrowful, sad, pertaining to tears, weeping, causing tears or crying.
  • lowDepressed in mood, dejected, sad.
  • low-spiritedDisheartened, feeling low, in low spirits.
  • lugubriousGloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
  • melancholicFilled with or affected by melancholy—great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
  • melancholyAffected with great sadness or depression.
  • moodySulky or depressed.
  • mopeyGiven to moping; in a depressed condition, low in spirits; lackadaisical.
  • moroseSullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.
  • mournfulFilled with grief or sadness; being in a state in which one mourns.
  • plaintiveSounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
  • PlutonianOf, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy; mournful.
  • PlutonicSynonym of Plutonian (“of, relating to, or having characteristics associated with the underworld; dark, gloomy...
  • querulousOften complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
  • ruthfulFull of sorrow; sorrowful; woeful; rueful.
  • sad
  • saddened
  • saturnineOf a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy.
  • shatteredEmotionally defeated or dispirited.
  • solemn
  • sombreMelancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim.
  • sorrowfulExhibiting sorrow; dejected; distraught; sad. (of a person).
  • sorrow-riddenFilled with sorrow or sorrows.
  • sorrowsomeMarked by sorrow; sad; dreary; sorrowful.
  • spiritlessLacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
  • sullenGloomy; dismal; foreboding.
  • threneticSorrowful; mournful.
  • threneticalThrenetic.
  • uncheerfulNot cheerful.
  • uncheeryNot cheery; gloomy, pessimistic.
  • unconsolableSynonym of inconsolable.
  • unlivelyNot lively.
  • wistfulSad and thoughtful.
  • woebegoneOf a person: deeply affected or overwhelmed by suffering or trouble, and so filled with woe (“great distress or...
  • woefulFull of woe; sorrowful; distressed with grief or calamity.
  • wretchedCharacterized by or feeling deep affliction or distress; very miserable.
  • lamentful rareReplete with lamentation; mournful.
  • lumpish obsoleteMiserable, sad.
  • passionate obsolete
  • triste rareSad; sorrowful; gloomy.
  • tristful archaicSad, melancholic.
  • woe obsoleteWoeful; sorrowful.

adjectiveExtra rare; left very raw and cold.

adjectiveRisqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.

nounA liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.

  • blueingSynonym of blue (“blue liquid added to laundry to prevent yellowing”).
  • bluerA blue blazer, part of the school uniform at Harrow School.

verbTo make or become blue; to turn blue.

  • bluenTo make or become blue.

adjectiveMore synonyms

  • azureSky blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky.
  • ceruleanSky-blue.
  • navyHaving the dark blue colour of navy blue.
  • sapphireOf a deep blue colour.
  • X-ratedPornographic or indecent.

nounMore synonyms

  • indigoA purplish-blue color.
  • royal
  • sky blueA vibrant light blue colour, like that of the sky on a fine day.
  • ultramarineIn full ultramarine blue: a brilliant blue pigment traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli, and now usually...
  • aquaA shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
  • aquamarine
  • cyanAn additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.
  • teal
  • turquoiseA sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.

Opposite of blue

adjectiveAntonym(s) of “of a blue hue”.

adjectiveAntonym(s) of “pertaining to the US Democratic Party”.

adjectiveAntonym(s) of “having blue as its colour charge”.

  • antiblueDescribing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.

Meaning of blue

  1. adjective Of a blue hue.
  2. adjective Depressed, melancholic, sad.
  3. adjective Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.

Full definition of blue

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Questions about synonyms of blue

What is another word for blue?
Blue has 104 synonyms on Word.ws, such as turquoise, indigo, aqua, cyan and ultramarine.
What is the opposite of blue?
The opposite of blue is nonblue. Other antonyms of blue are unblue, conservative, red, Republican and antiblue.
What does blue mean?
Blue means of a blue hue.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blue (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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