reddish

Other forms of reddish

comparative

reddisher·

superlative

reddishest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reddish

What does reddish mean?

reddish means "of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies".

How many syllables are in reddish?

reddish has 2 syllables: red-dish. The stress falls on "red". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛdɪʃ/.

What is another word for reddish?

Close synonyms include red, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise. 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 reddish a common word?

reddish 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.