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- [bloo green]
- /blu grin/
- /bluː ɡriːn/
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- [bloo green]
- /blu grin/
Definitions of blue-green word
- noun blue-green a color about midway between blue and green in the spectrum. 1
- adjective blue-green turquoise 1
- adjective blue-green Of a color between blue and green; darker shades are called teal, lighter ones are cyan. 0
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Origin of blue-green
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55
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Parts of speech for Blue-green
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
blue-green popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for blue-green
adj blue-green
- turquoise — Also, turquois. an opaque mineral, a basic hydrous copper aluminum phosphate often containing a small amount of iron, sky-blue or greenish-blue in color, cut cabochon as a gem. Compare bone turquoise.
- royal — of or relating to a king, queen, or other sovereign: royal power; a royal palace.
- azure — Azure is used to describe things that are bright blue.
- navy — the whole body of warships and auxiliaries belonging to a country or ruler.
- indigo — a blue dye obtained from various plants, especially of the genus Indigofera, or manufactured synthetically.
noun blue-green
- color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
- mineral — any of a class of substances occurring in nature, usually comprising inorganic substances, as quartz or feldspar, of definite chemical composition and usually of definite crystal structure, but sometimes also including rocks formed by these substances as well as certain natural products of organic origin, as asphalt or coal.
- sea-green — a clear, light, bluish green.
Antonyms for blue-green
adj blue-green
- joyful — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- joyous — joyful; happy; jubilant: the joyous sounds of children at play.
- lighthearted — carefree; cheerful; merry: a lighthearted laugh.
- upbeat — an unaccented beat, especially immediately preceding a downbeat.
- gay — of, relating to, or exhibiting sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex; homosexual: a gay couple. Antonyms: straight.
Top questions with blue-green
- what gives uranus its blue-green coloration?
- what causes blue-green algae?
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