red meaning and definition

RED noun

Definition of red (noun)

1. red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
   • synonyms: redness
2. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
   • synonyms: Red River
3. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
   • synonyms: Bolshevik, bolshie, bolshy, Marxist
4. the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue
   • "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"
   • synonyms: loss, red ink
   • antonym: gain

RED adjective

Definition of red (adjective)

1. of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
   • synonyms: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet
2. characterized by violence or bloodshed
   • "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode
   • synonyms: crimson, violent
3. (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
   • "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
   • synonyms: crimson, flushed, reddened, red-faced