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adjective

ˈred How to pronounce red (audio)
Definition of rednext
1
as in glowing
having a healthy reddish skin tone the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus

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as in boiling
having a notably high temperature the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night

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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

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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

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Recent Examples of red
Adjective
The hotel falsely advertised accommodations with two queen beds and then gave you a room with smaller beds and alarming, unsanitary conditions, including suspicious red splatters. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 July 2026 Put on your list where money is currently being spent in this country and ask yourself if that’s more important than health or education, a good job or just being able to buy your kids a red, white and blue yogurt on July Fourth. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 July 2026
Noun
Color also stood out, with vibrant reds, dusty pastels and pops of cobalt blue adding visual interest to otherwise monochromatic looks. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 29 June 2026 This budget gaming monitor delivers strong color with a 100% sRGB gamut, with blues, reds, and greens across the screen. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for red
Recent Examples of Synonyms for red
  1. glowing
  2. boiling
  3. rebel
  4. communist
  5. tanned
  6. searing
  7. insurgent
  8. comrade
Adjective
  • The trailer opens with a montage of a glowing Lily (Lively) walking through Boston.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 4 July 2026
  • Its light is rather that of a glowing molten metal than that of a burning furnace.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of glowing
Adjective
  • More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Definition of boiling
Noun
  • Gillespie also has a reputation for melding music to movies, as seen in Cruella, his 2021 movie that cast Disney villainess Cruella de Vil as a punk rock rebel in London’s fashion scene.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2026
  • The winner is the daughter of the late Alberto Fujimori, the former president whose government in the 1990s defeated the Shining Path extremist rebel group but also took an authoritarian turn.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • These are not social democrats, these are hardcore godless communists.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 June 2026
  • He’s gone as far as to call them communists.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 28 June 2026
Definition of communist
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  • Rigid beauty standards defined Victoria’s Secret in the peak of its mid-aughts glory, with girls watching rows of extra-small, tanned models at the annual fashion show.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • The biggest is Theroux’s overly tanned and idiotic tech billionaire Benji Barnes, who is dating Emily (Emily Blunt) after recently divorcing his cool wife Sasha Barnes (Lucy Liu) and leaving her with billions.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 May 2026
Definition of tanned
Adjective
  • On Wednesday, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch outlined a slew of challenges facing the city this weekend, including huge Independence Day celebrations, a World Cup match and a searing heat wave.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 2 July 2026
  • What began as searing pain in one of his arms was now a relentless ache in his chest.
    — Tara Bannow, STAT, 29 June 2026
Definition of searing
Noun
  • Fujimori, 51, is the daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the country ​with an iron fist from 1990 to 2000 and was credited with defeating Maoist insurgents and taming runaway hyperinflation.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026
  • Syria has been without a parliament since the December 2024 offensive by insurgents led by al-Sharaa’s now defunct Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, which ended the Assad family’s five-decade dynasty.
    — Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • But the mass rebellion Brown predicted never materialized, leaving him and his comrades trapped inside the arsenal.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 26 June 2026
  • Jackass Forever was dedicated to Dunn and concluded with a moving tribute to their fallen comrade.
    — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
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“Red.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/red. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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