English adjective: red | |||
1. | red 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 | blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet | ||
Similar | chromatic | ||
Antonyms | achromatic, neutral | ||
2. | red characterized by violence or bloodshed | ||
Samples | Writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days. Fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing. Convulsed with red rage. | ||
Synonyms | crimson, violent | ||
Similar | bloody | ||
Antonyms | bloodless | ||
3. | red (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion | ||
Samples | Crimson with fury. Turned red from exertion. With puffy reddened eyes. Red-faced and violent. Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment. | ||
Synonyms | crimson, flushed, red-faced, reddened | ||
Similar | colored, colorful, coloured | ||
Antonyms | uncolored, uncoloured | ||
English noun: red | |||
1. | red (attribute) red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood | ||
Synonyms | redness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | alizarine red, cardinal, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry red, chrome red, crimson, dark red, deep red, orange red, purplish red, purplish-red, ruby, sanguine, scarlet, Turkey red, vermilion | ||
2. | Red (object) a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana | ||
Synonyms | Red River | ||
Instance hypernym | river | ||
Part meronym | LA, Lone-Star State, Louisiana, OK, Oklahoma, Pelican State, Sooner State, Texas, TX | ||
3. | red (person) emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries | ||
Synonyms | Bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy, Marxist | ||
Broader (hypernym) | radical | ||
4. | red (possession) the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue | ||
Samples | The company operated at a loss last year. The company operated in the red last year. | ||
Synonyms | loss, red ink | ||
Broader (hypernym) | amount, amount of money, sum, sum of money | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | paper loss, squeeze | ||
Antonyms | gain | ||