red-blooded

1. 1.

   endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health

   “a hearty glow of health”

   Synonymsheartyfull-bloodedlusty

   Similarhealthy

Questions about red-blooded

What does red-blooded mean?

red-blooded means "endowed with or exhibiting great bodily or mental health".

How many syllables are in red-blooded?

red-blooded has 3 syllables: red--bloo-ded. The stress falls on "red-".

What is another word for red-blooded?

Close synonyms include hearty, full-blooded, lusty. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red-blooded a common word?

red-blooded is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.