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emerald

emerald

8 3.8
A bright green color like a jewel
  • noun
  • /ˈɛmərəld/
translation icon : verde esmeralda
  • The dress she wore was a stunning shade of emerald green that caught everyone's attention.
  • emerald green
  • emerald hue
  • emerald eyes

I love it kind of, I guess, emerald beetle green.

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Examples

  • You wore the emerald green last year.

  • Thomas, are your eyes emerald or sea-foam green?

  • The pictures did neither the face nor the emerald eyes justice.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Today I'm going to do a beautiful rich emerald green eye look.

  • This is called Mars, and it is a beautiful green, really gorgeous emerald green color.

  • This beautiful deep emerald green called Cosmic Clash I absolutely love.

  • Her hair was too blond and her eyes were too green, a startling emerald.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Her fur was dark green, though it shone like an emerald where the sun spilled onto it.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • When he goes out at night, he wears emerald-green contact lenses—a brilliant look.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • My eyes traced emerald vines trailing down and around our shins like Maypole streamers.

    Fiction book (1995)

Synonyms

green
vsemerald
130 1.0

A color between blue and yellow like fresh grass

is a specific bright gemstone hue rather than the general color
turquoise
vsemerald
26 3.7

A green-blue color like the water in a tropical sea

is greener and less blue than that greenish blue hue
aqua
vsemerald
16 2.3

A light bluish-green color like sea water

is more intensely green and less watery or blue
jade
vsemerald
5 3.5

A light green color that is between blue and yellow

is deeper and more vivid rather than light or pale
sea green
vsemerald
1 1.5

A green color like the sea

is brighter and more jewellike than this moderate tone
silver-green
vsemerald
1 4.2

A light green color with a shiny silvery look

is a pure bright green without a metallic sheen
smaragd
vsemerald
  • Archaic
9.9

A bright green color like an emerald

is the same vivid bright tone used as the reference color
Paris green
vsemerald
8.0

A bright green color with a slight yellow tint

is equally bright but leans less toward yellow tint
amazonite
vsemerald
  • Specialized
9.8

A green or bluish-green mineral used as a gemstone

is more purely bright green rather than bluish tinged
jade green
vsemerald
3.3

A light green color like the pale green of a jewel

is richer and more intense green than these lighter shades
jade-green
vsemerald
4.1

A green color like a gem, often slightly blue or yellow

is a stronger, more saturated green than those light variations
celadon
vsemerald
8.0

Having a pale, soft green color like traditional pottery glaze

is vivid and bright rather than pale and soft
silvery-green
vsemerald
3.4

A light green color with a pale shiny look

is deeper and more saturated rather than light and shiny
olive-green
vsemerald
2.9

A yellowish green color slightly lighter than dark green

is bluer and more jewellike rather than yellowish duller green

Antonyms

31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

Compounds

Emerald Isle
  • Literature
1 6.1

A poetic name for the island of Ireland covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland

emerald creeper
  • Philippine
9.9

A strong evergreen climbing plant with bright green claw-shaped flowers

A small freshwater fish with a blunt nose and bright green colour found in North American lakes and rivers

How Green

dark-green
12 1.0
emerald
8 3.8
green
130 1.0
light-green
5 1.0
greenish
14 1.0

Surface Forms

emerald singular
emeralds plural

Etymology

The word emerald for the color comes from the same old Greek smaragdos, because the jewel is a very bright green; so calling a color emerald means it looks like that deep, jewel-like green.