Synonyms of red

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adjective

ˈred 

1

as in glowing

having a healthy reddish skin tone

the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• tanned
• ruddy
• brown
• flush
• warm
• rosy
• pink
• blooming
• sanguine
• florid
• flushed
• blushing
• rubicund
• pinkish
• bronzed
• full-blooded
• suntanned
• blowsy
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• white
• ashen
• pallid
• sallow
• ashy
• pasty
• lurid
• wan
• livid
• palish
• mealy
• peaked
• doughy
• waxy
• peaky
• waxen
• whitened
• blanched
• sallowish
• anemic
• sickly
• paled
• sick
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• white-faced
• whey-faced

2

as in boiling

having a notably high temperature

the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boiling
• searing
• hot
• burning
• molten
• fiery
• white-hot
• heated
• warm
• red-hot
• warmed
• fervent
• ardent
• scorching
• piping hot
• glowing
• sweltering
• broiling
• sultry
• fervid
• torrid
• superheated
• roasting
• blazing
• scalding
• seething
• igneous
• sizzling
• ultrahot
• tropical
• flushed
• inflamed
• overheated
• warmish
• toasty
• feverish
• steamy
• reheated
• snug
• summery
• muggy
• canicular
• summerlike

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• frozen
• icy
• arctic
• iced
• bitter
• freezing
• glacial
• ice-cold
• frigid
• cool
• chilly
• snowy
• snappy
• frosty
• chill
• nippy
• wintry
• cooled
• algid
• coolish
• subzero
• chilled
• refrigerated
• bone-chilling
• coldish
• unheated
• shivering
• numb
• subfreezing
• blizzardly
• benumbed

red

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noun

1

as in rebel

a person who rises up against authority

the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rebel
• insurgent
• revolutionary
• revolter
• mutineer
• challenger
• revolutionist
• insurrectionist
• resistant
• insurrectionary
• resister
• anarchist
• discontent
• recusant
• extremist
• oppositionist
• insubordinate
• radical
• defier
• refuser
• anarch
• malcontent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• patriot
• supporter
• loyalist
• counterrevolutionary
• counterinsurgent
• counterrevolutionist

2

as in communist

capitalized an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state

the story of John Reed, the only American Red buried within the Kremlin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• communist
• comrade
• socialist
• pink
• commie
• leftist
• Bolshevik
• Marxist
• radical
• lefty
• pinko
• social democrat
• Maoist
• Trotskyite
• revolutionary
• Leninist
• extremist
• Stalinist
• Trotskyist
• revolutionist
• Leninite

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• capitalist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of red

Adjective

Twenty-year Democratic incumbent Bo Eaton’s box held a green, 3-inch-long plastic straw, and Republican challenger Mark Tullos had a 2-inch-long red straw, according to the AP. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2026

Its bright red berries attract flocks of birds, which then carry the seeds elsewhere, helping this invasive shrub spread. — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2026

Noun

The geological wonder combines pinks, oranges and reds to create its own natural artwork. — Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026

Russian media outlets later reported a blaze at Ryazan oil refinery, sharing pictures of plumes of smoke and the night sky glowing red. — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing red

• red alert
• red flag
• red hot
• red in tooth and claw
• red light
• see red