red

1 of 3

adjective

ˈred

redder; reddest

: of the color red

a red rose

red tomatoes

I stopped at the red light.

: having red as a distinguishing color

He was captain of the red team.

a(1)

: flushed especially with anger or embarrassment

Her red face made clear that his remark was cruel.

(2)

: ruddy, florid

a healthy child with red cheeks

(3)

: being or having skin tinged with red due to inflammation

The wound was red and swollen.

Her skin was red from hours in the sun.

(4)

offensive : being or having skin of a coppery hue

: bloodshot

eyes red from crying

of hair, fur, etc. : being in the color range between a moderate orange and russet or bay

a red setter

a horse with a red coat

: tinged with red : reddish

a red sky/sunrise

red wine

red onions/potatoes

: heated to redness : glowing

red coals

: inciting or endorsing radical social or political change especially by force

often Red : communist

often Red : of or relating to a communist country and especially to the former Soviet Union

US politics : tending to support Republican candidates or policies

Some choices are easy. You're either a dog guy or a cat guy. Red state or blue.

Rick Reilly

compare blue sense 9, purple sense 3

red

2 of 3

noun

plural reds

: a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum

: red clothing

the lady in red

: one that is of a red or reddish color: such as

: red wine

: an animal with a red or reddish coat

: a pigment or dye that colors red

: a shade or tint of red

: one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order

capitalized : communist

[from the bookkeeping practice of entering debit items in red ink] : the condition of showing a loss

—usually used with the

in the red

compare black sense 7

physics : one of the three colors (see color entry 1 sense 15) that quarks have in the theory of quantum chromodynamics

In QCD there is actually not just one type of quark, but three types or "colors" of quarks. These are sometimes denoted as "red," "blue," and "green" quarks …

Edward Witten

red

3 of 3

abbreviation

reduce; reduction

Example Sentences

Adjective a shiny red fire truck His face turns red when he gets angry. Noun The artist uses red to symbolize passion. a lady dressed in red the reds and oranges of autumn leaves

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Many of the people wore red MAGA hats and TRUMP 2020 shirts.

Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 Following the red-haired chanteuse, drag superstar Symone electrified her audience.

Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2022 More gradual still is the Royal Mail, whose distinct, fire engine-red mailboxes are sprinkled on sidewalks across Britain.

Eliot Brown, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 The Lafayette Coney Island, according to Benson, would have gotten a red placard.

Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2022 The internet needs one of those big red panic buttons.

Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022 Sacramento and surrounding communities woke to a red sun and smoky skies Friday as the blaze in the foothills east of the city continued to rage out of control.

Jason Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 Leaving her hotel hand in hand with her husband, Mrs. Clooney channeled Old Hollywood glam with big waves in her thick black hair, a bold red lip, diamond earrings, and a diamond tennis bracelet.

Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 The new mom was photographed out at Nobu in downtown New York City, pairing a bold red lip and her new bangs with a striking yellow Balenciaga set.

Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2022

Noun

The Nasdaq composite also flipped into the red, shedding 1.3%.

CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 As the company fell deeper into the red, someone came up with the idea of the Grateful Dead putting on a benefit concert for the dairy.

oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022 Save for the gloves, red is nowhere in the look, with the uniform sticking with the black and white color scheme.

Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2022 The record number of homes under construction could actually be what pushes U.S. house prices into the red.

Lance Lambert, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2022 Notably, the only no-cost color options on most models are white and grey, while blue is $1000, black is $1500, and red is $2000.

Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 16 June 2022 Stocks fell into the red for the Biden era following Monday's 3.9% market plunge.

Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 14 June 2022 Many climate-vulnerable countries are also facing mounting debt and cost-of-living crises, and could be forced even deeper into the red to recover from worsening storms and floods.

Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 10 June 2022 Gold, typically considered a haven, has swung into the red.

Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ, 15 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English red, rede, reed, going back to Old English rēad, going back to Germanic *rauđa- (whence also Old Frisian rād, rōd "red, yellow," Old Saxon rōd "red," Middle Dutch root, rood, Old High German rōt, Old Norse rauðr, Gothic rauþs), going back to Indo-European *h₁rou̯dh-o-, whence also Old Irish rúad "reddish brown, dark red," Welsh rhudd "red, tawny," Latin rūfus (from a dialect or another Italic language, with -f- for expected -b-), Lithuanian raũdas "red-brown, reddish," Russian dialect rúdyj "blood-red," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian rûd "reddish brown"; from a suffixed zero-grade form *h₁rudh-ro-, Old Norse roðra "blood," Latin ruber "red," Tocharian B ratre, Greek erythrós, Sanskrit rudhiráḥ "red, bloody"

Note: The Modern English form reflects shortening of Middle English ę̄ (long open e), found in other monosyllabic words ending in a voiced dental stop (compare dead entry 1, head entry 1, shred entry 1); as with shred, this change took place early enough to be reflected in early Modern English spelling (unlike dead and head). The surnames Read, Reade, etc., may preserve the long vowel.

Noun

Middle English red, reed, derivative of red, reed red entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing red

Geographical Definition

Red

geographical name

ˈred

river 1018 miles (1638 kilometers) long flowing east on the Oklahoma–Texas boundary and into the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers in Louisiana

river in north central U.S. and south central Canada flowing north on the Minnesota–North Dakota boundary and into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba

see arctic red

or Hong

ˈhȯŋ

or (in China) Yuan

yu̇-ˈän

-ˈan

river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia rising in central Yunnan, China, and flowing southeast across northern Vietnam into the Gulf of Tonkin

red 1 of 2

adjective

as in glowing

having a healthy reddish skin tone the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

as in boiling

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

red

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noun

as in rebel

a person who rises up against authority the reds demanded a violent overthrow of the government

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

patriot
supporter
loyalist
counterrevolutionary
counterrevolutionist
counterinsurgent

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

capitalist

单词	red
释义	red 1 of 3 adjective ˈred redder; reddest 1 a : of the color red a red rose red tomatoes I stopped at the red light. b : having red as a distinguishing color He was captain of the red team. 2 a(1) : flushed especially with anger or embarrassment Her red face made clear that his remark was cruel. (2) : ruddy, florid a healthy child with red cheeks (3) : being or having skin tinged with red due to inflammation The wound was red and swollen. Her skin was red from hours in the sun. (4) offensive : being or having skin of a coppery hue b : bloodshot eyes red from crying c of hair, fur, etc. : being in the color range between a moderate orange and russet or bay a red setter a horse with a red coat d : tinged with red : reddish a red sky/sunrise red wine red onions/potatoes 3 : heated to redness : glowing red coals 4 a : inciting or endorsing radical social or political change especially by force b often Red : communist c often Red : of or relating to a communist country and especially to the former Soviet Union 5 US politics : tending to support Republican candidates or policies Some choices are easy. You're either a dog guy or a cat guy. Red state or blue. Rick Reilly compare blue sense 9, purple sense 3 red 2 of 3 noun plural reds 1 : a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum 2 : red clothing the lady in red 3 : one that is of a red or reddish color: such as a : red wine b : an animal with a red or reddish coat 4 a : a pigment or dye that colors red b : a shade or tint of red 5 a : one who advocates the violent overthrow of an existing social or political order b capitalized : communist 6 [from the bookkeeping practice of entering debit items in red ink] : the condition of showing a loss —usually used with the in the red compare black sense 7 7 physics : one of the three colors (see color entry 1 sense 15) that quarks have in the theory of quantum chromodynamics In QCD there is actually not just one type of quark, but three types or "colors" of quarks. These are sometimes denoted as "red," "blue," and "green" quarks … Edward Witten red 3 of 3 abbreviation reduce; reduction Phrases red in tooth and claw : characterized by or displaying brutal emotion or violent behavior Synonyms Adjective blooming florid flush full-blooded glowing rosy rubicund ruddy sanguine Noun insurgent insurrectionary insurrectionist mutineer rebel revolter revolutionary revolutionist See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Adjective a shiny red fire truck His face turns red when he gets angry. Noun The artist uses red to symbolize passion. a lady dressed in red the reds and oranges of autumn leaves Recent Examples on the Web Adjective Many of the people wore red MAGA hats and TRUMP 2020 shirts. Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2022 Following the red-haired chanteuse, drag superstar Symone electrified her audience. Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Sep. 2022 More gradual still is the Royal Mail, whose distinct, fire engine-red mailboxes are sprinkled on sidewalks across Britain. Eliot Brown, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2022 The Lafayette Coney Island, according to Benson, would have gotten a red placard. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2022 The internet needs one of those big red panic buttons. Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022 Sacramento and surrounding communities woke to a red sun and smoky skies Friday as the blaze in the foothills east of the city continued to rage out of control. Jason Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2022 Leaving her hotel hand in hand with her husband, Mrs. Clooney channeled Old Hollywood glam with big waves in her thick black hair, a bold red lip, diamond earrings, and a diamond tennis bracelet. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2022 The new mom was photographed out at Nobu in downtown New York City, pairing a bold red lip and her new bangs with a striking yellow Balenciaga set. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2022 Noun The Nasdaq composite also flipped into the red, shedding 1.3%. CBS News, 2 Sep. 2022 As the company fell deeper into the red, someone came up with the idea of the Grateful Dead putting on a benefit concert for the dairy. oregonlive, 21 Aug. 2022 Save for the gloves, red is nowhere in the look, with the uniform sticking with the black and white color scheme. Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2022 The record number of homes under construction could actually be what pushes U.S. house prices into the red. Lance Lambert, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2022 Notably, the only no-cost color options on most models are white and grey, while blue is $1000, black is $1500, and red is $2000. Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 16 June 2022 Stocks fell into the red for the Biden era following Monday's 3.9% market plunge. Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 14 June 2022 Many climate-vulnerable countries are also facing mounting debt and cost-of-living crises, and could be forced even deeper into the red to recover from worsening storms and floods. Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 10 June 2022 Gold, typically considered a haven, has swung into the red. Caitlin Mccabe, WSJ, 15 May 2022 See More Word History Etymology Adjective Middle English red, rede, reed, going back to Old English rēad, going back to Germanic rauđa- (whence also Old Frisian rād, rōd* "red, yellow," Old Saxon rōd "red," Middle Dutch root, rood, Old High German rōt, Old Norse rauðr, Gothic rauþs), going back to Indo-European h₁rou̯dh-o-, whence also Old Irish rúad* "reddish brown, dark red," Welsh rhudd "red, tawny," Latin rūfus (from a dialect or another Italic language, with -f- for expected -b-), Lithuanian raũdas "red-brown, reddish," Russian dialect rúdyj "blood-red," Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian rûd "reddish brown"; from a suffixed zero-grade form h₁rudh-ro-, Old Norse roðra* "blood," Latin ruber "red," Tocharian B ratre, Greek erythrós, Sanskrit rudhiráḥ "red, bloody" Note: The Modern English form reflects shortening of Middle English ę̄ (long open e), found in other monosyllabic words ending in a voiced dental stop (compare dead entry 1, head entry 1, shred entry 1); as with shred, this change took place early enough to be reflected in early Modern English spelling (unlike dead and head). The surnames Read, Reade, etc., may preserve the long vowel. Noun Middle English red, reed, derivative of red, reed red entry 1 First Known Use Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing red a red rag to a bull Congo red drowning/awash in red ink far-red in the red neutral red phenol red fire-engine red paint the town (red) red admiral red alert red-baiting red blood cell red-bellied woodpecker red blood corpuscle red bug red cent red cedar red corpuscle red coral red-cockaded woodpecker red deer red dog red flag law red-faced red-eyed vireo red fox red-handed red herring red heat red ink red-hot poker red in tooth and claw red kangaroo red lead red-legged grasshopper red-letter red light red-letter day red man red marrow red mulberry red ocher red-pencil red pine red salmon red-shouldered hawk red-shafted flicker red snapper red squill red star red-tailed hawk red water red worm roll out the red carpet red zone the red zone see red western red cedar red alga red ant beet red European red mite red bay red bush tea citrus red mite Indian red red-blooded red currant brick red not one red cent red bean red giant red bliss red clover red-bait red maple red oak red card red rust red meat red wheat red drum red flag red hot red-green color blindness red carpet red ribbon red mass red tape red-bellied dace red-eye red leaf red as a beet cut through red tape red dwarf red poll red siskin red flannel hash red osier red cell red rat snake red wolf red soil red fescue red squirrel red tide red bush red spider red wine red sindhi red pepper red tea red mullet red-winged blackbird Turkey red red gum red panda red snow Venetian red red mite red-green blindness raised red flags red spruce See More a red rag to a bull Congo red drowning/awash in red ink far-red in the red neutral red phenol red fire-engine red paint the town (red) red admiral red alert red-baiting red blood cell red-bellied woodpecker red blood corpuscle red bug red cent red cedar red corpuscle red coral red-cockaded woodpecker red deer red dog red flag law red-faced red-eyed vireo red fox red-handed red herring red heat red ink red-hot poker red in tooth and claw red kangaroo red lead red-legged grasshopper red-letter red light red-letter day red man red marrow red mulberry red ocher red-pencil red pine red salmon red-shouldered hawk red-shafted flicker red snapper red squill red star red-tailed hawk red water red worm roll out the red carpet red zone the red zone see red western red cedar red alga red ant beet red European red mite red bay red bush tea citrus red mite Indian red red-blooded red currant brick red not one red cent red bean red giant red bliss red clover red-bait red maple red oak red card red rust red meat red wheat red drum red flag red hot red-green color blindness red carpet red ribbon red mass red tape red-bellied dace red-eye red leaf red as a beet cut through red tape red dwarf red poll red siskin red flannel hash red osier red cell red rat snake red wolf red soil red fescue red squirrel red tide red bush red spider red wine red sindhi red pepper red tea red mullet red-winged blackbird Turkey red red gum red panda red snow Venetian red red mite red-green blindness raised red flags red spruce See More Kids Definition red 1 of 2 adjective ˈred redder; reddest 1 : of the color of blood : colored red a red light 2 : flushed with emotion (as embarrassment) His face was red. red 2 of 2 noun 1 : the color of blood or of the ruby 2 : something red in color She's wearing red. Medical Definition red 1 of 2 adjective ˈred redder; reddest : of the color red red 2 of 2 noun 1 : a color whose hue resembles that of blood or of the ruby or is that of the long-wave extreme of the visible spectrum 2 : a pigment or dye that colors red see congo red, neutral red, vital red Geographical Definition Red geographical name ˈred 1 river 1018 miles (1638 kilometers) long flowing east on the Oklahoma–Texas boundary and into the Atchafalaya and Mississippi rivers in Louisiana 2 river in north central U.S. and south central Canada flowing north on the Minnesota–North Dakota boundary and into Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba 3 see arctic red 4 or Hong ˈhȯŋ or (in China) Yuan yu̇-ˈän -ˈan river 500 miles (805 kilometers) long in southeastern Asia rising in central Yunnan, China, and flowing southeast across northern Vietnam into the Gulf of Tonkin red 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in glowing having a healthy reddish skin tone the merry, red, smiling face of Santa Claus Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance glowing brown tanned ruddy pink flush warm rosy rubicund blooming sanguine florid flushed pinkish blushing bronzed suntanned full-blooded blowsy bloomy blowzy cherubic Antonyms & Near Antonyms white pale ashen pallid sallow palish pasty lurid wan livid ashy waxy mealy doughy waxen peaky peaked whitened blanched sallowish paled anemic sickly sick bloodless cadaverous white-faced whey-faced See More 2 as in boiling having a notably high temperature the streams of red lava were especially spectacular at night Synonyms & Similar Words boiling hot searing burning molten scorching fiery glowing warm heated blazing warmed sultry roasting ardent sweltering broiling piping hot fervent white-hot superheated scalding fervid torrid red-hot seething sizzling ultrahot igneous flushed tropical inflamed overheated toasty feverish steamy warmish reheated snug summery enflamed canicular muggy summerlike Antonyms & Near Antonyms cold frozen icy iced arctic bitter freezing glacial frigid cool chilly snowy frosty snappy ice-cold chill nippy cooled coolish wintry chilled coldish wintery refrigerated algid subzero bone-chilling shivering unheated numb blizzardly subfreezing benumbed See More red 2 of 2 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 revolter revolutionary mutineer challenger resistant insurrectionary insurrectionist revolutionist radical resister anarchist extremist discontent recusant oppositionist insubordinate defier anarch refuser malcontent Antonyms & Near Antonyms patriot supporter loyalist counterrevolutionary counterrevolutionist counterinsurgent 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 pink socialist commie radical pinko leftist lefty social democrat extremist revolutionary Bolshevik Trotskyite Marxist Maoist Leninite revolutionist Trotskyist Stalinist Leninist Antonyms & Near Antonyms capitalist Phrases Containing red red alert red flag red in tooth and claw red hot red light see red red alert red flag red in tooth and claw red hot red light see red
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