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CARDINAL Synonyms

There are 10 synonyms of the word cardinal. (exact relations)
There are 5 hypernyms of the word cardinal. (close relations)

Best Alternative Words for CARDINAL

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carmine
nounn
noun

• a variable color averaging a vivid red

adjective satellite

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

verb

• color carmine

central
adjectiveadj
adjective

• in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area

noun

• a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

adjective satellite

• serving as an essential component

fundamental
adjectiveadj
noun

• any factor that could be considered important to the understanding of a particular business

• the lowest tone of a harmonic series

adjective satellite

• serving as an essential component

• being or involving basic facts or principles

• far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something

key
verb, nounv, n
noun

• metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

• United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

• something crucial for explaining

• pitch of the voice

• any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

• a kilogram of a narcotic drug

• a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

• a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

• (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

• a list of answers to a test

• a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

• a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

• mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

• a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

adjective satellite

• serving as an essential component

verb

• identify as in botany or biology, for example

• provide with a key

• vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

• regulate the musical pitch of

• harmonize with or adjust to

primal
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• serving as an essential component

• having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state

redbird
nounn
noun

• the male is bright red with black wings and tail

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

cardinal grosbeak
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

cardinal number
nounn
noun

• the number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order

• (grammar) A word that expresses a countable quantity.

cardinalis cardinalis
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

richmondena cardinalis
nounn
noun

• crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male

Best Hypernyms For CARDINAL

Here is a list of related hypernyms for cardinal, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (5)
bishop finch number red redness

Alternatives for CARMINE

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