Cardinal Synonyms and Antonyms

kärdn-əl, kärdnəl
Most important, influential, or significant
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. key
  2. chief
  3. important
  4. central
  5. main
  6. fundamental
  7. principal
  8. capital
  9. first
  10. foremost
  11. basic
  12. leading
  13. cleric
  14. cloak
  15. major
  16. essential
  17. number one
  18. head
  19. paramount
  20. highest
  21. premier
  22. primary
  23. prime
  24. number
  25. preeminent
  26. top
  27. red
  28. ruling
  29. titian-red
  30. bricky
  31. superior
  32. fire-red
  33. underlying
  34. uppermost
  35. flame-colored
  36. vital
  37. infrared
  38. flame-red
  39. iron-red
  40. red-dyed
  41. primal
  42. laky
  43. red-looking
  44. ruby-colored
  45. ruby-red
  46. ruddied
  47. rust-red
  48. tile-red
  49. vinaceous
  50. wine-red
Antonyms:
  1. unimportant
  2. inessential
  3. ordinal
  4. secondary
  5. insignificant
  6. minor
  7. negligible
Crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cardinal grosbeak
  2. Richmondena Cardinalis
  3. Cardinalis cardinalis
  4. redbird
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The number of elements in a mathematical set; denotes a quantity but not the order
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cardinal number
A variable color averaging a vivid red
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. carmine
  2. carnelian
  3. port-wine
  4. stammel
  5. reddish-amber

Words Related to Cardinal

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. archbishop
  2. Arinze
  3. bishop
  4. pope
  5. Ruini
  6. monsignor
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Cardinal Sentence Examples

  • He became dean of Toledo early, and was made cardinal on the 5th of August 1669.

  • Cardinal numbers form a class.

  • Everyone in the crowded room knew Pastor Humphries and treated him with the reverence as a visiting cardinal.

  • Cardinal Consalvi's Memoires were published in two vols.

  • In this he failed, and Henry was crowned in Paris on the 17th of December 1431 by Henry Beaufort, cardinal bishop of Winchester, assisted by the bishops of Beauvais and Noyon.

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