All wine synonyms

noun wine

• color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
• colour — The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
• lavender — a pale bluish purple.
• lilac — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.
• mauve — a pale bluish purple.
• periwinkle — Also called myrtle. a trailing plant, Vinca minor, of the dogbane family, having glossy, evergreen foliage and usually blue-violet flowers.
• plum — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
• violet — a female given name.
• amethyst — Amethysts are clear purple stones, sometimes used to make jewellery.
• heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
• magenta — a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.
• mulberry — the edible, berrylike collective fruit of any tree of the genus Morus.
• orchid — any terrestrial or epiphytic plant of the family Orchidaceae, of temperate and tropical regions, having usually showy flowers. Compare orchid family.
• pomegranate — a chambered, many-seeded, globose fruit, having a tough, usually red rind and surmounted by a crown of calyx lobes, the edible portion consisting of pleasantly acid flesh developed from the outer seed coat.
• amaranthine — of a dark reddish-purple colour
• perse — of a very deep shade of blue or purple.
• violaceous — belonging to the Violaceae, the violet family of plants. Compare violet family.
• cardinal — A cardinal is a high-ranking priest in the Catholic church.
• coral — Coral is a hard substance formed from the bones of very small sea animals. It is often used to make jewellery.
• crimson — Something that is crimson is deep red in colour.
• flaming — flame
• glowing — incandescent.
• maroon — dark brownish-red.
• rose — Remote Operations Service Element
• bittersweet — If you describe an experience as bittersweet, you mean that it has some happy aspects and some sad ones.
• blooming — Blooming is used by some people to emphasize what they are saying, especially when they are annoyed.
• blush — When you blush, your face becomes redder than usual because you are ashamed or embarrassed.
• brick — Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. Brick is the material made up of these blocks.
• burgundy — Burgundy is used to describe things that are purplish-red in colour.
• carmine — Carmine is a deep bright-red colour.
• cerise — Something that is cerise is a bright pinkish red.
• cherry — Cherries are small, round fruit with red skins.
• chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
• claret — Claret is a type of French red wine.
• copper — Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires.
• dahlia — A dahlia is a garden flower with a lot of brightly coloured petals.
• fuchsia — a plant belonging to the genus Fuchsia, of the evening primrose family, including many varieties cultivated for their handsome drooping flowers.
• garnet — Henry Highland, 1815–82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist.
• geranium — any of numerous plants of the genus Geranium, which comprises the crane's-bills.
• infrared — the part of the invisible spectrum that is contiguous to the red end of the visible spectrum and that comprises electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths from 800 nm to 1 mm.
• pink — a vessel with a pink stern.
• puce — of a dark or brownish purple.
• ruby — a red variety of corundum, used as a gem.
• russet — yellowish brown, light brown, or reddish brown.
• rust — Also called iron rust. the red or orange coating that forms on the surface of iron when exposed to air and moisture, consisting chiefly of ferric hydroxide and ferric oxide formed by oxidation.
• salmon — a marine and freshwater food fish, Salmo salar, of the family Salmonidae, having pink flesh, inhabiting waters off the North Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America near the mouths of large rivers, which it enters to spawn.
• sanguine — cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident: a sanguine disposition; sanguine expectations.
• scarlet — a bright-red color inclining toward orange.
• titian — (Tiziano Vecellio) c1477–1576, Italian painter.
• vermilion — a town in N Ohio.