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

On a balmy June evening, a crowd of vampire obsessives descended upon the Upper West Side’s Beacon Theatre in a sea of black and red. — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

The dishes are made with a variety of sauces such as salsa macha or red chile. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Noun

The thin straps and barely there T-strap pattern are much more minimalist, but the pop of red still adds something. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 12 July 2026

According to Mark Hocking, the former owner of California Backyard Birds in Encinitas (who still works there part-time), try to buy a feeder that has at least some red on it. — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026

Phrases Containing red

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