Red meaning

What does “red” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“red” is a noun and adjective with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood.

red

noun

  1. red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

    Synonymsredness
  2. a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

    SynonymsRed River
  3. emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

  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”

    Synonymslossred ink

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

  2. characterized by violence or bloodshed

    “writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days”

    “fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing”

  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”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University