Synonyms for red
Another word for red is blood-red, cherry or cherry-red. Below are 26 synonyms and 17 related words across 6 senses.
Also searched as: redd, redded, redder, reddest, redding, reded, redes, reding.
1. adjective: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
- blood-red synonyms
- cherry synonyms
- cherry-red synonyms
- ruby synonyms
- ruby-red synonyms
- scarlet synonyms
- crimson synonyms
- reddish synonyms
- ruddy synonyms
- carmine
- cerise
- chromatic
2. adjective: characterized by violence or bloodshed
- violent synonyms
- crimson synonyms
- bloody synonyms
3. adjective: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
- red-faced synonyms
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- flushed synonyms
- reddened
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- colourful
4. noun: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
- redness
5. noun: emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
- bolshie
- bolshy
6. noun: the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- loss synonyms
- red ink
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- deep red
- dark red
- orange red
- cherry red synonyms
- cardinal synonyms
- chrome red
- rust synonyms
- spectral color
- spectral colour
- chromatic color
- radical synonyms
- amount synonyms
- amount of money
- paper loss
- sum synonyms
- sum of money
- squeeze synonyms
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Questions people ask
What is another word for red?
You can say blood-red, cherry, cherry-red, ruby or ruby-red instead of red. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies".
What is the opposite of red?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for red; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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