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

For denim, a great option is the high rise cropped straight leg pair from Ana & Bow — a lightweight, breathable white jean with a high-rise, waist-defining fit — paired with a pastel top, or a navy or red piece for contrast. — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

At one point, her dress rides up and the very distinctive red-poppy tattoo is visible. — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 27 July 2026

Noun

Sunsets were transformed into an ethereal red, while the sun was barely visible at noon through the pollution in Boston, New York and Washington. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Zendaya wore a thin ribbon of vibrant red all the way around her eye, hugging the upper lash line and coating her lower waterline, staying unbroken at the inner corner. — Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026

Phrases Containing red

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