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Synonyms for cinnabar

  • noun
  • adjective

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Noun

Adjective

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.

  2. adj. 1

    Of a bright red colour tinted with orange.

Related words

Phrases
cinnabar moth

Forms

Plural
cinnabars

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cinnabarfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
red1
9 letters
vermilion3
11 letters
cinnabarite

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (vermilion3 = 3 syllables).