red
adjective
1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Similar word(s): chromatic, carmine, cerise, cherry, crimson, reddish, ruby, ruddy, scarlet
2. characterized by violence or bloodshed
- convulsed with red rage
Similar word(s): bloody, crimson, violent
3. (especially of the face) red as if with blood from anger or embarrassment
- turned red from exertion
- with puffy reddened eyes
- red-faced and violent
Similar word(s): colored, colorful, coloured, crimson, flushed, reddened
4. (US) supportive of the political party represented by the color red, especially the U.S. Republican Party.
Sentences with red as an adjective:
- The girl wore a red skirt.
- Her hair had red highlights.
- a red state
- a red Congress
- a red advertisement
- the red-black grand coalition
noun
1. red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
Similar word(s): redness
Definition categories: attribute
2. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Definition categories: object
3. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
Similar word(s): bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy, marxist
Definition categories: person, radical
4. the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
- the company operated in the red last year
Similar word(s): loss
Definition categories: possession, amount, sum
Sentences with red as a noun:
- red colour:
verb
1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of rede