sky-blue

1. 1.

   a light shade of blue

   Synonymsazureceruleansapphirelazuline

   Broaderblue

1. 1.

   of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of a clear October sky

   “October's bright blue weather”

   Synonymsazureceruleanbright blue

   Similarchromatic

Questions about sky-blue

What does sky-blue mean?

sky-blue means "a light shade of blue". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sky-blue?

sky-blue has 2 syllables and divides as sky--blue under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sky-blue?

Close synonyms include azure, cerulean, sapphire, lazuline, azure. 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 sky-blue a common word?

sky-blue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.