Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blues

2 senses of blues

Sense 1
blues -- (a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes)
       => black music, African-American music -- (music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses)
       => folk song, folksong, folk ballad -- (a song that is traditionally sung by the common people of a region and forms part of their culture)

Sense 2
blues, blue devils, megrims, vapors, vapours -- (a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues")
       => depression -- (a mental state characterized by a pessimistic sense of inadequacy and a despondent lack of activity)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blue

7 senses of blue

Sense 1
blue, blueness -- (blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue")
       => chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour -- (a color that has hue)

Sense 2
blue -- (blue clothing; "she was wearing blue")
       => clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment -- (a covering designed to be worn on a person's body)

Sense 3
blue -- (any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue")
       => organization, organisation -- (a group of people who work together)

Sense 4
blue sky, blue, blue air, wild blue yonder -- (the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue")
       => sky -- (the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth)

Sense 5
bluing, blueing, blue -- (used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge)
       => dye, dyestuff -- (a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair)

Sense 6
amobarbital sodium, blue, blue angel, blue devil, Amytal -- (the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic)
       => amobarbital -- (a barbiturate with sedative and hypnotic effects; used to relieve insomnia and as an anticonvulsant)

Sense 7
blue -- (any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)
       => lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly -- (any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blue

1 sense of blue

Sense 1
blue -- (turn blue)
       => discolor, discolour, colour, color -- (change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored")