red-hot

Questions about red-hot

What does red-hot mean?

red-hot means "having strong sexual appeal". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in red-hot?

red-hot has 2 syllables: red--hot. The stress falls on "red-".

What is another word for red-hot?

Close synonyms include juicy, luscious, toothsome, voluptuous, lush. 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-hot a common word?

red-hot is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.