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Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. red, rednessnoun

    red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

    Synonyms:
    red ink, inflammation, bolshy, bolshie, loss, rubor, redness

    Antonyms:
    neutral, uncolored, uncoloured, bloodless, achromatic

  2. Red, Red Rivernoun

    a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

    Synonyms:
    red ink, bolshie, loss, redness, bolshy

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, bloodless, neutral, uncolored, uncoloured

  3. Bolshevik, Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshynoun

    emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

    Synonyms:
    red ink, bolshie, loss, redness, bolshy

    Antonyms:
    uncoloured, uncolored, achromatic, neutral, bloodless

  4. loss, red ink, redadjective

    the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

    "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"

    Synonyms:
    passing, exit, deprivation, release, red ink, going, bolshy, personnel casualty, expiration, loss, redness, departure, bolshie

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, uncoloured, neutral, uncolored, bloodless

  5. red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarletadjective

    of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

    Synonyms:
    ruby, sanguine, rubicund, flushed, cherry-red, scarlet, reddish, red-faced, violent, blood-red, reddened, florid, carmine, ruddy, crimson, cherry, cerise, ruby-red

    Antonyms:
    bloodless, neutral, uncoloured, uncolored, achromatic

  6. crimson, red, violentadjective

    characterized by violence or bloodshed

    "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode

    Synonyms:
    ruby, wild, fierce, cherry-red, scarlet, reddish, red-faced, tearing, violent, flushed, blood-red, reddened, trigger-happy, carmine, vehement, cerise, ruddy, crimson, cherry, ruby-red

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, uncolored, uncoloured, bloodless, neutral

  7. crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushedadjective

    (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion

    "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

    Synonyms:
    ruby, rosy, ablaze(p), blushing(a), cherry-red, scarlet, reddish, red-faced, violent, flushed, blood-red, reddened, inflamed, carmine, cerise, rose-cheeked, ruddy, crimson, cherry, blushful, ruby-red, rosy-cheeked

    Antonyms:
    bloodless, achromatic, neutral, uncolored, uncoloured

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. redadjective

    Synonyms:
    florid, blushing, flushed, ruby, ruddy, rubicund, blowzed, rubescent, auburn (reddish brown)

  2. rednoun

    Synonyms:
    carmine, crimson, scarlet, cerise, garnet, vermilion

    Associated words:
    rubefacient, rubefaction

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How to use red in a sentence?

  1. Sebastian Vettel:

    The next stage of Sebastian Vettel Formula One career will be spent with Scuderia Ferrari and for Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Ferrari means the dream of a lifetime has come true, When I was a kid, Michael Schumacher in the red car was my greatest idol and now it’s an incredible honor to finally get the chance to drive a Ferrari.

  2. Valter Longo:

    The lower or lack of association between red meat intake and mortality in other countries or areas of the world indicates that red meat may contribute to mortality in the United States by providing a high protein content but also because it may contain other factors that contribute to damage.

  3. Kathleen Willis:

    All the red flags were there. They followed all the gun laws in Illinois, until we have national laws to restrict this, it's not going to stop.

  4. Bryanna Reid:

    Sometimes I ask myself how autumn smells? My answer: it's the smell of the autumn leaves firework and red wine.

  5. Bill Rancic:

    As I go into my 20th year on the E ! red carpet, I have to say I do not take missing an award show lightly, but, unfortunately, this year is just so different. As part of E ! and NBCUniversal's very strict testing guidelines, especially before an event like this, I did find out that I tested positive for Covid-19.


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