red
- noun
- /rɛd/
- Archaic
- During the political meeting, they labeled him a red for his extreme leftist views.
Examples
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Between the Nazis and the Communists, give me those reds!
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In a word, the Red Army must now come into being.
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We're trying to help these people fight the reds... and they throw blocks into us.
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We got Reds coming in, Reds around us.
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Now the looming victory of the Red Army spurred Allied action.
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In the historical novel, the protagonist was branded as a red due to his outspoken communist beliefs.
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Throughout the Cold War, anyone advocating for communist ideals was often called a red by their opponents.
Synonyms
A person with very strong political or religious views who supports radical action
A person who wants major political or social change
A person who wants businesses and land owned by the community, not by individuals
A person who supports or takes part in political change to remove a government
A person who supports Karl Marx's ideas about class and social equality
A person who was part of the Russian revolutionary group that took power in 1917
A person who takes strong action to change a government or society
A person with strong rebellious opinions who challenges authority
A person who supports extreme left-wing political change
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To give someone a very special welcome, like an important guest
An unclear thing that does not help you understand or decide
Compounds
An international group that gives food, shelter, and medical help in wars and disasters
A long narrow strip of red cloth laid out for important guests to walk on at formal events
- Specialized
A small round cell in the blood that carries oxygen to body tissues
- Literature
A girl in a famous fairy tale who meets a wolf while visiting her grandmother
- Specialized
A very large old star with a cool surface and much larger size than the Sun
A punishment in sports like football that sends a player off the field for a serious foul
A river in the southern United States that flows east from Texas along Oklahoma's southern border into Louisiana
- UK
A British university founded in the late 1800s or early 1900s, not one of the older universities
A young person who supports Mao Zedong and takes part in political activity during China's Cultural Revolution
- Specialized
Sea water that turns red or brown because many tiny sea plants make poisons that can harm fish and people
- NSFW
A scene in a story when people are suddenly killed or betrayed, shocking the audience
- Specialized
Light from distant galaxies moves toward red light, showing they move away
- Specialized
A bright red flame that comes from burning chemicals and people use in fireworks and flares
- Offensive
China when it was ruled by a communist government, a name Western writers used in the past
- US
A small evergreen tree with needle-like leaves that grows in eastern North America
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Red for a radical or communist comes from the red flags that people in revolutions carried to show their cause. So calling someone a 'red' linked them to left-wing or revolutionary ideas.