lavender

1. 1.

   of a pale purple color

   Synonymslilaclilac-colored

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of lavender

plural

lavenders·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lavender

What does lavender mean?

lavender means "any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lavender?

lavender has 3 syllables: lav-en-der. The stress falls on "lav". In IPA it is /ˈlævəndɚ/.

What is another word for lavender?

Close synonyms include lilac, lilac-colored. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lavender a common word?

lavender is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.