Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cherry
4 senses of cherry
Sense 1
cherry -- (wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black cherry)
=> wood -- (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Sense 2
cherry, cherry tree -- (any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood)
=> fruit tree -- (tree bearing edible fruit)
Sense 3
cherry -- (a red fruit with a single hard stone)
=> edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
=> drupe, stone fruit -- (fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond; peach; plum; cherry; elderberry; olive; jujube)
Sense 4
cerise, cherry, cherry red -- (a red the color of ripe cherries)
=> red, redness -- (red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood)
Antonyms of adj cherry
1 sense of cherry
Sense 1
red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet -- (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic, neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")
Similarity of adj cherry
1 sense of cherry
Sense 1
red, reddish, ruddy, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet -- (of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies)
=> chromatic (vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue)