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[1] any of various colors resembling the color of blood; the primary color at one extreme end of the visible spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 610 and 780 nanometers.
[2] something red.
[3] (often initial capital letter ) Older Slang : Usually Disparaging . a radical leftist in politics, especially a Communist.
[4] Informal . red light(def 1) .
[5] Informal . red wine: a glass of red.
[6] Also called red devil, red bird. Slang . a capsule of the drug secobarbital, usually red in color.
[7] of the color red.
[8] having distinctive areas or markings of red: a red robin.
[9] of or indicating a state of financial loss or indebtedness: the red column in the ledger.
[10] Older Slang : Usually Disparaging . radically left politically. (often initial capital letter ) communist: Red China.
[11] Older Use : Disparaging and Offensive . relating to, noting, or characteristic of North American Indian peoples.
[12] in the red , operating at a loss or being in debt (opposed to in the black): The newspaper strike put many businesses in the red.
[13] paint the town red . paint(def 16) .
[14] see red , Informal . to become very angry; become enraged: Snobs make her see red.
[15] redd1.
[16] a male or female given name.
[17] a nickname typically given to someone with red hair.
[18] to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company.
[19] to clear: to redd the way.
[20] variant of re- before a vowel or h in some words: redintegrate.
[21] a native English suffix, denoting condition, formerly used in the formation of nouns: hatred; kindred.
[22] Harold Red the Galloping Ghost , 1903–1991, U.S. football player.
[23] Arnold Red , 1917–2006, U.S. basketball coach and manager.
[24] Ber·thold [ber -tohlt] /ˈbɛr toʊlt/ , 1812–82, German novelist.
[25] John, c1460–1529, English poet.
[26] Richard Bernard Red , 1913–97, U.S. actor and comedian.
[27] any of a group of colours, such as that of a ripe tomato or fresh blood, that lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to orange, and are perceived by the eye when light in the approximate wavelength range 740–620 nanometres falls on the retina. Red is the complementary colour of cyan and forms a set of primary colours with blue and green Related adjectives: rubicund, ruddy
[28] a pigment or dye of or producing these colours
[29] red cloth or clothing dressed in red
[30] a red ball in snooker, billiards, etc
[31] (in roulette and other gambling games) one of two colours on which players may place even bets, the other being black
[32] Also called: inner archery a red ring on a target, between the blue and the gold, scoring seven points
[33] in the red informal in debit; owing money
[34] see red informal to become very angry
[35] of the colour red
[36] reddish in colour or having parts or marks that are reddish red hair ; red deer
[37] having the face temporarily suffused with blood, being a sign of anger, shame, etc
[38] (of the complexion) rosy; florid
[39] (of the eyes) bloodshot
[40] (of the hands) stained with blood, as after committing murder
[41] bloody or violent red revolution
[42] (of wine) made from black grapes and coloured by their skins
[43] denoting the highest degree of urgency in an emergency; used by the police and the army and informally (esp in the phrase red alert )
[44] US relating to, supporting, or representing the Republican Party Compare blue (def. 24)
[45] another word for redden
[46] (tr) a variant spelling of redd 1
[47] Communist, Socialist, or Soviet
[48] radical, leftist, or revolutionary
[49] a member or supporter of a Communist or Socialist Party or a national of a state having such a government, esp the former Soviet Union
[50] a radical, leftist, or revolutionary
[51] Frank (Helmuth ). born 1931, British painter, born in Germany, noted esp for his use of impasto
[52] mainly British a farm, esp a farmhouse or country house with its various outbuildings
[53] history an outlying farmhouse in which a religious establishment or feudal lord stored crops and tithes in kind
[54] archaic a granary or barn
[55] the Grange an association of farmers that strongly influenced state legislatures in the late 19th century
[56] a lodge of this association
[57] John. ?1460–1529, English poet celebrated for his short rhyming lines using the rhythms of colloquial speech
[58] (tr often foll by up ) to bring order to; tidy (up)
[59] the act or an instance of redding
[60] a hollow in sand or gravel on a river bed, scooped out as a spawning place by salmon, trout, or other fish

Words related to Red

rose, flaming, maroon, glowing, cardinal, crimson, coral, wine, pink, cherry, sanguine, carmine, brick, blooming, blush, rust, copper, russet, puce, bittersweet

Words nearby Red

recusancy, recusant, recuse, recycle, recycling, red, red admiral, red alder, red alert, red alga, red algae

Origin of Red

-redMiddle English -rede, Old English -rǣden

Other words from Red

red·ly , adverb

Word origin for Red

dC17 (originally: spawn): of obscure origin

Synonyms for Red

cardinal, coral, crimson, flaming, glowing, maroon, rose, wine, bittersweet, blooming, blush, brick, burgundy, carmine, cerise, cherry, chestnut, claret, copper, dahlia, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, infrared, magenta, pink, puce, ruby, russet, rust, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, titian, vermilion, bloodshot, florid, flushed, healthy, inflamed, roseate, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, rufescent