CRIMSON: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRIMSON?

Need another word that means the same as “crimson”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “crimson” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crimson” are: red, violent, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, scarlet, flushed, red-faced, reddened, vermilion, rose red, pink, roseate, deep red, flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, ruddiness, high colour, redden, go red, colour, colour up, go pink, go scarlet, be suffused with colour

Crimson as a Noun

Definitions of "Crimson" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crimson” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A rich deep red colour inclining to purple.
• A deep and vivid red color.

Synonyms of "Crimson" as a noun (10 Words)

blush	A reddening of the face as a sign of shyness, embarrassment, or shame. He had brought a faint blush to her cheeks.
deep red	Literary term for an ocean.
flush	Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. He pressed the flush absent mindedly.
high colour	A high place.
pinkness	Any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers.
redness	A response of body tissues to injury or irritation characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat. Treatment for facial redness.
rosiness	A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health.
ruby	A transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem. This wine has a youthful ruby red colour.
ruddiness	A healthy reddish complexion.
scarlet	Scarlet clothes or material. Papers lettered in scarlet and black.

Usage Examples of "Crimson" as a noun

• A pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson, they were horrid to behold.

Crimson as a Verb

Definitions of "Crimson" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crimson” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame.
• (of a person's face) become flushed, especially through embarrassment.

Synonyms of "Crimson" as a verb (9 Words)

be suffused with colour	Form or compose.
blush	Become rosy or reddish. She blushed at the unexpected compliment.
colour	Fill a shape or outline with colour. He has coloured the dance with gestures from cabaret and vaudeville.
colour up	Affect as in thought or feeling.
flush	Of a toilet be cleansed by flushing. A wave of colour flushed his cheeks.
go pink	Be abolished or discarded.
go red	Go through in search of something; search through someone’s belongings in an unauthorized way.
go scarlet	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
redden	(of the eyes) become pink at the rims as a result of crying. Lyn reddened at the description of herself.

Usage Examples of "Crimson" as a verb

• My face crimsoned and my hands began to shake.

Crimson as an Adjective

Definitions of "Crimson" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crimson” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
• Characterized by violence or bloodshed- Andrea Parke- Thomas Gray- Hudson Strode.
• Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
• Of a rich deep red colour inclining to purple.
• (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
• Characterized by violence or bloodshed.

Synonyms of "Crimson" as an adjective (19 Words)

blood-red	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
carmine	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
cerise	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
cherry	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
cherry-red	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
flushed	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Flushed with success I was getting into my stride.
pink	Of or associated with gay people. Her face was pink with embarrassment.
red	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. A red Xhosa wife spends several years in her mother in law s homestead.
red-faced	Having a red face from embarrassment or shame or agitation or emotional upset.
reddened	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Reddened faces around the campfire.
reddish	Having a red tinge; slightly red. The leaves turn reddish brown.
rose red	Of something having a dusty purplish pink color.
roseate	Used in names of birds with partly pink plumage e g roseate tern. The early roseate light.
ruby	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
ruby-red	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies.
ruddy	Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody. A cheerful pipe smoking man of ruddy complexion.
scarlet	Of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies. A mass of scarlet berries.
vermilion	Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
violent	Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions inclined to react violently fervid. A violent confrontation with riot police.

Usage Examples of "Crimson" as an adjective

• Flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment.
• Writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days.
• Fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing.
• She blushed crimson with embarrassment.
• Crimson with fury.

Associations of "Crimson" (30 Words)

auspicious	Conducive to success; favourable. It was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election.
berry	A small fruit having any of various structures e g simple grape or blueberry or aggregate blackberry or raspberry. We went berrying in the summer.
brownish	Having a brown tinge; slightly brown. A brownish coloured cat.
carmine	Color carmine. Carmine roses.
cherry	Used in names of unrelated plants with fruits similar to those of the cherry tree e g cornelian cherry. Her mouth was a bright cherry red.
exciting	Creating or arousing excitement. One of the most exciting matches I ve ever seen.
febrile	Having or showing the symptoms of a fever. A febrile illness.
flush	Denoting a type of toilet that has a flushing device. I was carried away in a flush of enthusiasm.
flushed	Having the pinkish flush of health. Flushed or crimson with embarrassment.
fortunate	Favoured by or involving good luck; lucky. A fortunate choice.
gray	English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation was named 1905 1965. Gray flannel suit.
green	The green ball in snooker. Green shoots.
magenta	A primary subtractive color for light a dark purple red color the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859 the year of the battle of Magenta. A short magenta dress.
maple	Wood of any of various maple trees especially the hard close grained wood of the sugar maple used especially for furniture and flooring.
negligee	A woman’s light dressing gown, typically made of a filmy, soft fabric. A black silk negligee.
optimistic	Expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds. Previous estimates of whale numbers may be wildly optimistic.
painted	Coated with paint. Brazen painted faces.
pigmentation	The natural colouring of animal or plant tissue.
pimpernel	Any of several plants of the genus Anagallis.
purple	Make or become purple in colour. Edmund s cheeks purpled.
red	Denoting a red light or flag used as a signal to stop. The force went on red alert.
rose	A rose regarded as an emblem of beauty delicacy or purity. The 100 cotton range is available in rose pink and ocean blue.
roseate	Used in names of birds with partly pink plumage e g roseate tern. The early roseate light.
rosy	(especially of a person’s skin) coloured like a pink or red rose, typically as an indication of health, youth, or embarrassment. The memory had the power to make her cheeks turn rosy.
ruddy	Make ruddy in colour. The ruddy evening light.
scarlet	Scarlet clothes or material. A mass of scarlet berries.
strawberry	The low growing plant which produces the strawberry having white flowers lobed leaves and runners and found throughout north temperate regions. She thought she would wear the strawberry crushed velvet.
tulip	Any of numerous perennial bulbous herbs having linear or broadly lanceolate leaves and usually a single showy flower.
weal	Mark with a weal. She slapped his cheek and a bright red weal sprang up on it.
yellow	Used in names of moths or butterflies that are mainly yellow in colour. Yellow press.