Meanings
- countableuncountableA shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
2009 June 27, Patricia Cohen, “Employing Art Along With Ambassadors”, in New York TimesSynonyms: cyan
comparative more aqua · superlative most aqua
- Of a greenish-blue colour.
Synonyms: aquamarine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWater (as a compound).
nounA shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise.
adjectiveOf a greenish-blue colour.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna shade of blue tinged with green
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinaqua
- Middle Englishaqua“water”
- Englishaqua
From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.
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Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
aqua. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aqua
“aqua.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aqua. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aqua,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aqua.
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