Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun red_planet

1 sense of red planet

Sense 1
Mars, Red Planet -- (a small reddish planet that is the 4th from the sun and is periodically visible to the naked eye; minerals rich in iron cover its surface and are responsible for its characteristic color; "Mars has two satellites")
       INSTANCE OF=> terrestrial planet -- (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
       INSTANCE OF=> superior planet -- (any of the planets whose orbit lies outside the earth's orbit)