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Antonyms for red
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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

    Antonyms:
    neutral, uncolored, uncoloured, bloodless, achromatic

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

  2. Red, Red Rivernoun

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

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, bloodless, neutral, uncolored, uncoloured

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

  3. Bolshevik, Marxist, red, bolshie, bolshynoun

    emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

    Antonyms:
    uncoloured, uncolored, achromatic, neutral, bloodless

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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, uncoloured, neutral, uncolored, bloodless

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

  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

    Antonyms:
    bloodless, neutral, uncoloured, uncolored, achromatic

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

  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

    Antonyms:
    achromatic, uncolored, uncoloured, bloodless, neutral

    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

  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"

    Antonyms:
    bloodless, achromatic, neutral, uncolored, uncoloured

    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

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

How to use red in a sentence?

  1. Clare Booth Luce:

    Politician talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.

  2. Moody Blues, "Tuesday Afternoon":

    Red is grey and yellow white We decide which is right and which is an illusion.

  3. Leatrice Eiseman:

    It was related to the mother color of red, which was ardent and passionate and more active, more aggressive. Even though you reduce the shade level, it was a color that was associated with boys.

  4. He Jiankun:

    Perhaps the traffic light that is now showing green could blink yellow and then blink red. And decisions might be made in favor of alternative sources of energy in the way China finances development in other countries.

  5. Philippa Langley:

    Whether we bear a white or a red rose, whether for Richard or Henry ... whether for Leicester or York, we recognize at the graveside that all our journeys lead us to this place, where reputation counts for nothing and all human striving turns to dust. it's the conclusion to his story in that he's been found ... and we're laying his physical remains to rest. But in terms of Richard's story, that is only just beginning.

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Words popularity by usage frequency

rankingword
#554red
#5908neutral
#72491bloodless
#94143achromatic
#171481uncolored
#292337uncoloured

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