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

Need another word that means the same as “scarlet”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “scarlet” in this overview.

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Scarlet as a Noun
Definitions of "Scarlet" as a noun
Synonyms of "Scarlet" as a noun (10 Words)
Usage Examples of "Scarlet" as a noun
Scarlet as an Adjective
Definitions of "Scarlet" as an adjective
Synonyms of "Scarlet" as an adjective (16 Words)
Usage Examples of "Scarlet" as an adjective
Associations of "Scarlet" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Scarlet” are: blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, red, reddish, ruby, ruby-red, ruddy, vermilion, ruby red, cherry red, cardinal, claret red, orange red, flush, blush, rosiness, pinkness, redness, ruddiness, high colour

Scarlet as a Noun

Definitions of "Scarlet" as a noun

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

A variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge.
A brilliant red colour.
Scarlet clothes or material.

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

blush	A rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health. Blush Zinfandel.
crimson	A rich deep red colour inclining to purple. A pair of corduroy trousers in livid crimson* they were horrid to behold.*
flush	The device used for flushing a toilet. He is no longer in the first flush* of youth.*
high colour	A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed.
orange red	Any citrus tree bearing oranges.
pinkness	A person with mildly leftist political views.
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.
ruddiness	A healthy reddish complexion.
vermilion	A brilliant red colour. Vermilion streaks of sunset.

Usage Examples of "Scarlet" as a noun

Papers lettered in scarlet and black.
Silk awnings of brilliant scarlet.

Scarlet as an Adjective

Definitions of "Scarlet" as an adjective

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

Of a brilliant red colour.
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 of "Scarlet" as an adjective (16 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.
cardinal	Being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order. A cardinal* rule.*
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.
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.
claret red	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion.
crimson	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Writes of crimson* deeds and barbaric days.*
red	Of wine made from dark grapes and coloured by their skins. Red battle stamps his foot and nations feel the shock.
reddish	Having a red tinge; slightly red. The leaves turn reddish* brown.*
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.
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. Young people today they re a ruddy* shower.*
vermilion	Of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.

Usage Examples of "Scarlet" as an adjective

A mass of scarlet berries.

Associations of "Scarlet" (30 Words)

apple	The tree bearing apples with hard pale timber that is used in carpentry and to smoke food.
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.
blueberry	Sweet edible dark blue berries of either low growing or high growing blueberry plants.
brownish	Of a color similar to that of wood or earth. Where I live the soil is brownish* red.*
carmine	Color carmine. Carmine roses.
cherry	The tree that bears the cherry. She pulled up the collar of her cherry* wool coat.*
colored	Having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination. Amber colored* heads of grain.*
crimson	A deep and vivid red color. My face crimsoned and my hands began to shake.
doublet	A man’s close-fitting jacket; worn during the Renaissance. They were wearing red velvet doublets and hose.
fruit	Bear fruit. We give thanks for the fruits of the earth.
gray	The SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter one gray equals 100 rad. Gray flannel suit.
green	Green colour or pigment. Green shoots.
japonica	An Asian shrub of the rose family, with bright red flowers followed by round white, green, or yellow edible fruits.
maple	Wood of any of various maple trees especially the hard close grained wood of the sugar maple used especially for furniture and flooring.
orange	Round yellow to orange fruit of any of several citrus trees. A slice of orange.
painted	Wearing make-up or cosmetics. Brazen painted* faces.*
peach	A pinkish yellow colour like that of a peach. The sky began to change from grey to peach.
pear	The Eurasian tree which bears the pear.
picking	The act of picking crops or fruit or hops etc. He sent the first picking* of berries to the market.*
pigmentation	The deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings.
pimpernel	European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads.
purple	A purple color or pigment. Edmund s cheeks purpled.
red	A red ball in snooker or billiards. Which dress the black or the red.
rose	The flower of a rose bush. 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. His letters home give a very good although somewhat too roseate* idea of how he lived.*
ruddy	Make ruddy in colour. A ruddy* complexion.*
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	A bulbous spring-flowering plant of the lily family, with boldly coloured cup-shaped flowers.
walnut	The tall tree which produces walnuts with compound leaves and valuable ornamental timber that is used chiefly in cabinetmaking and gun stocks.
yellow	A yellow ball or piece in a game or sport especially the yellow ball in snooker. The cream paint was beginning to yellow.