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)

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