Synonyms of the word

cinnabar

• n. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment…
• n. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
• n. (countable) A species of moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
• n. "Cinnabar Panacea"; the Elixir of Life.
• adj. Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

arctiid

• n. (zoology) Any member of the Arctiidae.

chromatic

• adj. Relating to or characterised by hue.
• adj. Having the capacity to separate spectral colours by refraction.
• adj. (music) Related to or using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is…

mineral

• n. (geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition…
• n. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
• n. (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
• n. (Britain) Mineral water.
• n. (Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
• n. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
• adj. of, related to, or containing minerals.

vermilion

• n. A vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide.
• n. A vivid red or slightly orange colour.
• n. A type of red dye worn in the parting of the hair by married Hindu women.
• n. The red skin of the lips or its border with the skin of the face.
• adj. Having a brilliant red colour.
• adj. Having the color of the vermilion dye.
• v. (transitive) To color or paint vermilion.

vermillion

• n. Alternative spelling of vermilion.
• adj. Alternative spelling of vermilion.