vermillion

1. 1.

   of a vivid red to reddish-orange color

   SynonymsvermilioncinnabarChinese-red

   Similarchromatic

Questions about vermillion

What does vermillion mean?

vermillion means "of a vivid red to reddish-orange color".

How many syllables are in vermillion?

vermillion has 3 syllables: ver-mil-lion. The stress falls on "mil". In IPA it is /vɚˈmɪljən/.

What is another word for vermillion?

Close synonyms include vermilion, cinnabar, Chinese-red. 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 vermillion a common word?

vermillion 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.

What rhymes with vermillion?

2 words rhyme with vermillion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.