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Synonyms & Antonyms for red-hot
Synonyms: Adjective
- contemporary,
- current,
- designer,
- hot,
- mod,
- modern,
- modernistic,
- new,
- new age,
- new-fashioned,
- newfangled,
- present-day,
- space-age,
- state-of-the-art,
- ultramodern,
- up-to-date,
- up-to-the-minute
Synonyms: Noun
- crusader,
- fanatic,
- ideologue
- (also idealogue),
- militant,
- partisan
- (also partizan),
- true believer,
- zealot
Antonyms: Adjective
Antonyms: Noun
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