- red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet - having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
Antonym: achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
- ruby - a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
--1 is a kind of jewel, gem, precious stone
- ruby - a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers
--2 is a kind of transparent gem; corundom, corundum
- crimson, ruby, deep red - a deep and vivid red
--3 is a kind of red, redness
Derived form: verb rubify1 - ruby - a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers