








rabbit, n. hare, coney, bunny, cottontail.
rabbitry, n. warren.
rabble, n. mob, rabblerout, populace.
rabid, a. violent, raging, furious; intolerant, fanatical, uncompromising, rampant.
rabies, n. hydrophobia. Associated Words: rabid, rabietic, hydrophobic, antihydrophobic.
race, n. Associated Words: ethnology, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnic, racial, ethnogeny, holethnos, holethnic, interracial.
race-course, n. race-track, ring, circus, career, hippodrome, curriculum, stadium.
racer, n. courser.
rack, n. pain, torture, agony; amble, pacing; crib, manger; distaff; arrack.
rack, v. stretch, strain, torture, agonize; harass, persecute, torment.
rack and ruin. (Colloq.) destruction, ruin.
racket, n. din, uproar, clamor, babel, clangor, blare, noise, hullabaloo, hilarity, vociferation; (Slang) carouse, revel, dissipation.
racy, a. fine-flavored, pungent, rich; spirited, piquant, fresh and lively. Antonyms: insipid, vapid, tasteless, flavorless, dull, prosaic.
radiance, n. effulgence, refulgence, brilliancy, brightness.
radiant, a. effulgent, refulgent, brilliant. See bright.
radiate, v. shine, beam, gleam; diverge.
radiated, a. divergent.
radiation, n. irradiance, irradiation; divergence. Antonym: convergence.
radical, a. original, fundamental; extreme, thorough-going; primitive. Antonyms: conservative, moderate, slight, trifling, derivative.
radical, n. root, etymon, radix.
radically, adv. fundamentally.
raff, n. heap, jumble.
raffle, n. lottery.
raft, n. float, catamaran; (Slang) lot, multitude, collection, heap.
rag, n. tatter, flitter, shred, patch, frazzle, fragment.
ragamuffin, n. tatterdemalion, scarecrow.
rag-baby, n. mopsey, moppet.
rage, n. fury, wrath, passion; (Colloq.) vogue, mode, fashion. See anger.
rage, v. storm, fume, rave.
ragged, a. rent, torn, frazzled; rough, jagged; ragamuffin, tatterdemalion.
raging, a. furious, raving, infuriated, wroth, frenzied, flagrant, rampant.
rag-picker, n. chiffonier.
raid, n. foray, incursion.
rail, v. upbraid, reproach, censure, scoff.
railing, n. invective, vituperation, reproach, upbraiding, contumely. See abuse.
raillery, n. banter, pleasantry, jesting, asteism.
railroad, n. railway.
railroad, v. (Colloq.) hurry, rush.
raiment, n. See clothes.
rain, n. (fine rain) drizzle, mizzle, mist, misle; shower. Antonym: drought.
rainbow, n. iris.
rain gauge. ombrometer, udometer, pluviometer, pluviograph, ombrograph, hyetometer.
rainy, a. showery, wet, pluvious, pluvial.
raise, v. uplift, lift; hoist, heave; erect, build, rear; elevate, advance, exalt; enhance, augment; excite, arouse; propagate, grow, cultivate; rear; levy, collect.
raising, n. uplifting, lifting, elevation, hoisting; erection, rearing; exaltation, elevation; propagation, growing, cultivation.
rake, n. libertine, lecher, debauchee, roue, wencher, rakehell, satyr.
rakish, a. licentious, dissolute, libertine, immoral, lecherous, lewd.
rally, v. collect, reunite; recover, recuperate; assemble; banter, satirize, joke.
ram, n. buck; (Astron.) Aries.
ram, v. cram, stuff, compress.
ramble, v. rove, range, stroll, stray, straggle, roam, wander.
ramble, n. stroll, wandering, rambling.
rambler, n. rover, wanderer, roamer, stroller.
rambling, a. roving, wandering; discursive, digressive, incoherent.
ramp, v. spring, leap, bound, romp.
rampage, n. (Slang) debauchery, passion, excess, unrestraint.
rampageous, a. (Low) rampant, unrestrained, unruly, violent.
rampancy, n. exuberance, luxuriance.
rampant, a. exuberant, luxuriant, rank, wanton, excessive; uncontrollable, violent, raging, furious, unbridled.
rampart, n. fortification, bulwark, security, vallum.
ramshackle, a. dilapidated, disjointed.
rancid, a. musty, tainted, rank, frowzy.
rancor, n. malignity, vindictiveness, hatred, virulence, malevolence, bitterness.
rancorous, a. malevolent, vindictive, malignant, hateful, virulent, bitter.
random, a. haphazard, chance, stray, aimless, hazarded.
range, v. arrange, rank, class, classify; rove, roam, ramble; correspond.
range, n. extent, reach, sweep, compass, scope, latitude; order, class, kind, series, rank; compass, register.
rank, a. exuberant, luxuriant, rampant, vigorous; violent, extreme, excessive, immoderate, gross; rancid, musty, frowzy, fetid, stale; offensive, impalatable, fulsome, foul, gross.
rank, n. row, line, range, order, tier, series; grade, class, order, division; position, station, degree; eminence, distinction.
rank, v. classify, arrange, dispose, class, group, be ranked.
rankling, n. festering, inflammation; heart-burning, resentment.
ransack, v. rummage.
ransom, n. release, liberation, redemption, deliverance.
ransom, v. redeem, rescue, liberate, deliver.
rant, v. declaim, spout, rave, vociferate.
rant, n. rodomontade, ranting, vociferation, bombast.
ranting, a. bombastic.
rap, v. knock.—n. knock, thump, thwack.
rapacious, a. predatory, predaceous, ravenous; avaricious, grasping, extortionate, voracious.
rapacity, n. voracity, rapaciousness, greediness, avarice.
rape, n. constupration, defloration, ravishment, violation.
rape, v. ravish, constuprate, violate, deflower.
rapid, a. swift, fast, fleet, expeditious, cursory, quick, speedy, hasty, furious.
rapidity, n. swiftness, celerity, velocity, haste, speed, fleetness.
rapidly, adv. swiftly, fast, post haste.
rapine, n. plundering, sack, pillage, spoliation, depredation.
rapscallion, n. (Colloq.) rascal, rogue, scoundrel, knave, miscreant.
rapt, a. enraptured, fascinated, transported, spellbound; absorbed, engrossed.
rapture, n. ecstasy, transport, delight, bliss, beatitude.
rapturous, a. ecstatic, beatific, delightful, ravishing, transporting.
rare, a. uncommon, unusual, strange, infrequent, singular, curious; exquisite, fine, incomparable, recherche; sparse, dispersed; subtile, fine, thin, rarefied, tenuous; underdone.
rare bird. rara avis.
rarebit, n. delicacy, tidbit, dainty.
rarely, adv. infrequently, seldom.
rascal, n. rogue, scoundrel, caitiff, scamp, knave, villain, miscreant, varlet, trickster, renegade, scapegrace, rapscallion.
rascality, n. chicanery, improbity. See badness.
rash, a. incautious, precipitate, overhasty, indiscreet, inconsiderate, impulsive, temerarious, madcap, headlong, foolhardy, unwary, reckless.
rash, n. exanthema, eruption, efflorescence.
rashness, n. temerity, precipitancy, indiscretion, incaution, recklessness.
rasp, v. grate, file; offend.
rasping, a. grating.—n. pl. scobs.
rate, v. estimate, value, appraise; assess; scold, censure, chide, berate, reprove.
ratification, n. confirmation, sanction, substantiation, corroboration.
ratify, v. confirm, sanction, substantiate, corroborate.
ration, n. allowance, portion, allotment.
rational, a. reasoning; intelligent, sane, sound, judicious, wise, reasonable, equitable. Antonyms: irrational, insane, injudicious, unwise, unreasonable.
rationale, n. explanation, exposition, reason.
rattle, v. clatter; chatter, prate, babble, prattle; disconcert, confuse, discompose.
rattle, n. clatter; chatter, babble, prattle; crepitaculum; rale.
rattle-headed, a. giddy, rattle-brained, thoughtless.
ravage, v. plunder, pillage, devastate, sack, desolate, despoil.
ravage, n. plunder, pillage, devastation, spoliation, sack, despoliation, rapine.
rave, v. rage, rant, storm.
ravel, v. unravel.
ravening, a. rapacious, insatiable, predatory, ferocious.
ravenous, a. voracious, rapacious, ravening, insatiable.
ravine, n. gorge, defile, clough, lin, gully, gulch.
raving, a. irrational, delirious, maniacal, wild, phrenetic.
ravish, v. transport, enrapture, enchant; rape.
ravishing, a. rapturous, ecstatic, transporting, beatific, delightful.
ravishment, n. ecstasy, transport, rapture; rape.
raw, a. uncooked; unprepared, crude; immature, unripe; galled, sore, sensitive; inexperienced, unskilled, green.
rawboned, a. gaunt, skinny.
raw meat. Associated Word: omophagic.
raw sugar. cassonade.
ray, n. beam, gleam.
raze, v. erase, efface, rase; overthrow, subvert, demolish.
reach, v. attain.
reachable, a. attainable, accessible.
reach the highest point. culminate.
react, v. repeat; resist, oppose; rebound, recoil.
read, v. peruse.
readable, a. legible. Antonyms: unreadable, illegible.
reader, n. peruser.
readiness, n. promptness, facility, alacrity. Antonyms: unreadiness, reluctance.
reading, n. perusal; recitation, prelection.
reading desk. lecturn.
real, a. genuine, veritable, actual, true. Antonyms: fictitious, unreal, spurious, ostensible, artificial, feigned, sham.
reality, n. actuality, verity. Antonyms: unreality, phantasm, simulation, phantom.
realization, n. fulfillment, effectuation.
realize, v. effectuate.
really, adv. actually, truly, indeed, veritably, verily.
realm, n. kingdom, dominion; domain, region, sphere, department.
realty, n. real estate.
ream, n. twenty quires, 480 sheets.
rear, a. hindmost.
rear, v. raise, lift, elevate; erect, build; bring up.
rearing, n. elevation, raising; erection.
reason, n. motive, consideration, design, purpose, rationality, logic, account. Associated Words: dialectics, logic, syllogism, premises, conclusion.
reason, v. ratiocinate, syllogize; argue, remonstrate, expostulate.
reasonable, a. rational; logical, just; conscionable, fair, moderate, equitable.
reasoner, n. logician.
reasoning, n. ratiocination, argumentation, syllogism, discursus; (sophistical or false) sophistry, fallacy, casuistry.
reata, n. lariat, lasso, riata.
rebate, n. deduction, discount, allowance.
rebel, n. insurgent, revolter, turncoat.
rebel, v. revolt, mutiny.
rebellion, n. insurrection, insurgency, mutiny, sedition, revolt, insubordination.
rebellious, a. insurgent, seditious, mutinous, insubordinate, refractory. Antonyms: dutiful, submissive, docile, compliant, deferential, obedient.
rebound, v. recoil, ricochet; reverberate, reecho.
rebound, n. rebounding, resilience, repercussion, recoil, ricochet.
rebuff, n. repulse, resistance, opposition, repellence, check, setback.
rebuff, v. repulse, resist, repel, oppose.
rebuke, v. reprove, upbraid, censure, reprehend, chide, admonish.
rebuke, n. reproof, censure; chastisement, punishment.
recall, v. revoke, annul, retract, recant, rescind, repeal, abjure; remember, recollect.
recall, n. revocation, rescission, repeal, recantation, retraction.
recalling, a. revocatory.
recant, v. retract, abjure.
recantation, n. retraction, abjuration, retractation.
recapitulate, v. summarize.
recapitulation, n. summary, resume.
receipt, n. receiving, reception; formula, recipe, formulary; voucher.
receive, v. take, accept; admit, allow; welcome; hold, contain.
receiver, n. recipient, donee; beneficiary; receptacle; fence (receiver of stolen goods).
recent, a. new, late.
receptacle, n. container, repository.
reception, n. receipt, receiving; levee, soiree, function; acceptance, welcome, admittance.
recess, n. retreat, withdrawal, retirement; intermission; alcove, niche, nook, retreat; seclusion, privacy.
recipe, n. formula, receipt.
recipient, n. receiver, beneficiary, donee, conferree.
reciprocity, n. reciprocation, interchange.
recital, n. recitation, narration, narrative.
recitation, n. reciting, rehearsal; cantillation (recitation with musical modulations).
recite, v. relate, recount, repeat, deliver; cantillate.
reckless, a. heedless, inconsiderate, unmindful, thoughtless, temerarious, rash, uncircumspect, incautious, hasty, foolhardy.
reckon, v. compute, calculate, count, enumerate; esteem, regard.
reckoning, n. computation, calculation, enumeration; settlement, adjustment.
reclaim, v. tame, domesticate; reform.
reclamation, n. reclaiming, recovery, reformation.
reclining, a. recumbent, leaning, lying.—n. recumbence, reclination.
recluse, a. solitary, eremitic.
recluse, n. solitary, eremite, anchoret, hermit.
reclusion, n. seclusion, eremitism.
recoil, v. rebound, react; flinch, shrink, quail.
recollect, v. remember.
recollection, n. remembrance, memory, reminiscence.
recommend, v. commend, praise.
recommendation, n. commendation.
recompense, v. See repay.
reconcile, v. conciliate, propitiate, pacify; harmonize, adjust, settle. Antonyms: estrange, disaffect, alienate.
reconciliation, n. conciliation, pacification, appeasement, reunion.
recondite, a. See abstruse.
record, n. register, memoir, diary, chronicle, minute, memorandum, note, annals, document, muniment, cartulary; testimony, witness, attestation.
recorder, n. register, registrar; cartulary.
records, n. pl. annals, archives.
recover, v. regain, reclaim, retrieve, repair, recoup, recruit, rally, repossess, recuperate.
recoverable, a. retrievable.
recovery, n. retrieval, recuperation, regaining, restoration, convalescence.
recreancy, n. cowardliness, mean-spiritedness, pusillanimity, apostasy.
recreant, a. mean-spirited, pusillanimous, cowardly, craven, faithless, false, apostate.
recreation, n. pastime, amusement, relaxation, diversion, sport, fun, divertisement.
rectify, v. correct, amend.
rectitude, n. probity, integrity, uprightness, honesty, virtue.
rector, n. pastor, clergyman, priest.
rectorship, n. rectorate, pastorate.
rectory, n. parsonage.
red, n. carmine, crimson, scarlet, cerise, garnet, vermilion. Associated Words: rubefacient, rubefaction.
red, a. florid, blushing, flushed, ruby, ruddy, rubicund, blowzed, rubescent, auburn (reddish brown).
redeem, v. repurchase; regain, recover; ransom, rescue, deliver.
redeemer, n. ransomer, deliverer, savior.
redemption, n. repurchase; ransom, salvation, deliverance, rescue.
red-letter, a. fortunate, auspicious, happy.
redoubtable, a. formidable, terrible; valiant, courageous, brave.
redound, v. contribute, conduce, react.
red pepper. cayenne pepper.
redress, n. reparation, amends, indemnification, relief.
reduce, v. diminish, lower, degrade, minimize, depress, debase; humble, conquer, subdue, vanquish, subjugate, subject.
reduction, n. diminution, abatement, minimization, decrement, debasement; subjugation, subjection, conquest, subdual, overthrow.
redundance, n. superabundance, superfluity, excess, plethora.
redundant, a. superabundant, superfluous, excessive, plethoric.
reecho, n. reverberation.—v. reverberate, resound, peal.
reek, n. fume, vapor, exhalation, effluvium, steam.
reeking, a. fumy, vaporous, steaming, smoky.
reel, v. stagger.
refer, v. allude.
referable, a. attributable, ascribable, traceable, assignable.
referee, n. umpire, judge, arbitrator, arbiter.
refine, v. purify, defecate, clarify, sublimate, subtilize, sublime, devulgarize, decrassify.
refined, a. exquisite, polished, fine, well-bred, courtly, cultured; purified, sublimated, subtle, subtilized.
refinement, n. culture, elegance, polish, fastidiousness; purification, sublimation, subtility, clarification, tenuity. Antonyms: vulgarity, coarseness, crudity, barbarity, Philistinism.
reflect, v. mirror; rebound, revert; meditate, ruminate, consider, contemplate.
reflection, n. meditation, contemplation, rumination; stricture, animadversion.
reforestization, n. reforesting, reafforestation, reboising.
reforestize, v. reafforest, reboise.
reform, v. reclaim, regenerate, convert, amend.
reformable, a. corrigible. Antonym: irreformable.
reformation, n. reform, reclamation, betterment, improvement.
refraction, n. deflection.
refractory, a. See unruly.
refrain, v. restrain, curb, check; forbear, abstain, desist.
refresh, v. revive, enliven, reanimate; renovate, renew, restore.
refreshing, a. reviving, reanimating, cooling, reinvigorating, refective.
refreshment, n. collation, lunch, refection, regalement.
refuge, n. stronghold, asylum, retreat, covert; shelter, protection, security, guard; expedient, device, shift, resort.
refugee, n. fugitive, runaway.
refund, v. repay, return, restore.
refusal, n. dissent, denial, non-acceptance, negation; option, preemption.
refuse, v. deny, decline; reject, rebuff, repulse.
refuse, n. offal, dregs, offscum, garbage, fag-ends, recrement, riffraff, lees, dross, draff, offscouring, rubbish, waste, culls.
refutable, a. confutable. Antonym: irrefutable.
refutation, n. confutation, disproof.
refute, v. confute, disprove.
regain, v. recover, retrieve.
regal, a. kingly, royal.
regale, v. feast, entertain, gratify.
regalia, n. pl. insignia.
regard, v. heed, observe, consider.
regard, n. respect, esteem, estimation, opinion; respect, reference, relation; heed, attention, observation, notice. Antonyms: disregard, heedlessness. See disregard.
regardful, a. mindful, heedful, attentive, observant.
regardless, a. heedless, careless, unmindful, inattentive, indifferent.
regards, n. pl. compliments, respects.
region, n. district, quarter, locality, neighborhood, vicinity.
register, n. list, roll, schedule, roster; registrar, recorder.
register, v. record, enroll, matriculate.
registration, n. registry, enrollment, matriculation.
regret, n. sorrow, compunction, deprecation, rue.
regret, v. deplore, be sorry for, rue, deprecate.
regular, a. formal, normal, conventional, systematic: steady, uniform, methodical, constant; (Colloq.) unmitigated, thorough, out-and-out.
regularity, n. uniformity, symmetry, shapeliness, constancy, order, system, method. Antonyms: irregularity, inconstancy, unshapeliness, disorder.
rehash, n. rechauffe.
reign, n. sovereignty, rule, dominion; regnancy, sway, power, influence; kingdom, realm.
reins, n. pl. loins.
reject, v. cast away, discard; refuse, decline, rebuff, repulse, contemn, repudiate.
rejection, n. refusal, declination, rebuff, repulse, discarding, repudiation.
rejoice, v. glory, exult; gladden, cheer, delight, please, exhilarate.
rejoicing, n. joy, gladness, exultation, delight, pleasure.
relate, v. recount, narrate, tell.
related, a. allied, cognate, german, agnate, akin, kindred; consanguineous; cognate; agnate; correlated, correlative.
relation, n. connection, bearing, relationship, reference, correlation, alliance, correspondence, relevancy; affinity, consanguinity, kindred, kinship, cognation, filiation; telling, account, recital, narration, narrative, detail, report. Antonyms: irrelation, alienage.
relationship, n. kindred, affinity, alliance, kinship, cognation.
relationship by blood. consanguinity; cognation; agnation.
relationship by marriage. affinity.
relative, a. relating, referring, respecting, pertaining; particular, definite, specific, pertinent.
relative, n. relation, kinsman, kinswoman, connection; cognate, agnate. Associated Words: nepotism, nepotic, nepotist.
relax, v. loosen, slacken; abate, diminish, mitigate, temper.
relaxation, n. loosening, slackening; diversion, recreation, rest.
relay, n. reinforcement.
release, v. liberate, loose, discharge, free, acquit, extricate, disengage, relinquish, absolve, remit, relieve, exonerate, disencumber.
release, n. liberation, discharge, deliverance, acquittance, extrication, exoneration, disengagement, freedom.
relentless, a. ruthless, implacable, unrelenting, inexorable, unmerciful.
relevancy, n. pertinency, applicability, relevance.
relevant, a. pertinent, germane, apposite.
reliability, n. trustworthiness.
reliable, a. trustworthy, trusty, dependable.
reliance, n. dependence, confidence, trust.
reliant, a. confident, trusting.
relics, n. pl. leavings, remains, reliquiae, remnants; memorial, souvenir, memento, trophy, keepsake. Associated Words: reliquary, confession, hierotheca.
relict, n. widow.
relief, n. alleviation, mitigation, comfort, ease, succor, palliation, assuagement, help; redress, remedy; relay, reinforcement; prominence, projection.
relieve, v. assuage, alleviate, allay, lessen, remedy, ease, mitigate, palliate, succor, extricate, disentangle, disburden, redress, disengage.
relieving, a. mitigative, assuasive, palliative, remedial, emollient, lenitive, comforting.
religious, a. pious, godly, devout, righteous, devotional; strict, exact, scrupulous, conscientious.
relinquish, v. surrender, waive, forego, renounce, cede, abandon, desert.
relinquishment, n. surrender, abandonment, renunciation.
relishable, a. palatable, gustable.
reluctance, n. unwillingness, disinclination, aversion.
reluctant, a. disinclined, unwilling, averse, loath, indisposed.
remain, v. See stay.
remainder, n. residue, remnant, balance, rest, surplus, surplusage, residuum.
remaining, a. residual, remanent, remainder.
remains, n. pl. relics, debris, remnants; corpse.
remand, v. recommit, send back.—n. recommitment.
remark, v. notice, observe, heed, see, note; say, state, assert.
remark, n. comment, observation.
remarkable, a. noteworthy, striking, extraordinary, wonderful, notable.
remediless, a. irremediable, incurable, desperate, irreparable, insanable.
remedy, v. heal, cure, repair, relieve, redress, alleviate, assuage, palliate.
remedy, n. medicine, cure, antidote, corrective, specific, restorative, panacea, alterant, carminative, medicament, arcanum, prescription, nostrum, elixir, balm; reparation, cure, redress, aid, relief.
remember, v. recollect, recall.
remembrance, n. recollection, memory, reminiscence; souvenir, keepsake, memento, memorial, trophy, reminder. Antonyms: forgetfulness, amnesia, amnesty, oblivion.
remembrancer, n. memento, souvenir, keepsake, trophy, memorial.
reminder, n. remembrancer.
remiss, a. negligent, derelict, careless, slack, heedless, neglectful.
remission, n. surrender, relinquishment; discharge, acquittance; abatement, assuagement, mitigation, subsidence; absolution, exculpation, forgiveness.
remmnant, n. remainder, residue, rest; fragment, piece.
remonstrance, n. expostulation, protest, protestation.
remonstrant, a. expostulatory, remonstrative.
remonstrate, v. expostulate, protest.
remonstrative, a. expostulatory, remonstrant.
remorse, n. self-reproach, sorrow, regret, penitence; pity, compassion, sympathy.
remorseless, a. implacable, ruthless, merciless, unmerciful.
remote, a. distant.
remoteness, n. distance.
removal, n. displacement, dislodgement, transference, expulsion, elimination, dismissal, discharge, ejection, dispossession, divestiture, extraction.
remove, v. move, displace, transfer, dislodge; dismiss, discharge, divest, dispossess, eject; extract, isolate, abstract, withdraw.
remuneration, n. See pay.
remunerative, a. profitable, lucrative.
rend, v. tear, rive, lacerate, cleave, sunder.
render, v. repay, restore; translate, interpret, construe; extract, try out; yield up, contribute.
rendering, n. repayment, restoration; contribution, surrender; translation, version; extraction.
rending, n. tearing asunder, laceration, riving.
renegade, n. deserter, recreant, backslider, turncoat; rebel, traitor; vagabond, outcast.
renew, v. renovate, rejuvenate, restore, rebuild, remodel, reconstruct, revamp, redintegrate, repair; regenerate, transform.
renewal, n. renovation, repair, restoration, redintegration, reconstruction, rejuvenation, regeneration.
renounce, v. disclaim, disown, repudiate, reject; forswear, abjure, forsake.
renouncement, n. renunciation, abnegation, repudiation, abdication, rejection.
renovation, n. restoration, renewal, rehabilitation, reconstruction.
renown, n. celebrity, repute, fame, notoriety, note.
renowned, a. famous, celebrated, eminent, far-famed, illustrious. Antonyms: unrenowned, obscure, inglorious, unknown.
rent, v. lease, let, hire.
renter, n. lessee, tenant.
renunciation, n. abjuration, denial, disownment, disclaimer, abnegation.
repair, v. mend, restore, patch, tinker, revamp, darn, cobble, remodel; indemnify, redress, atone for, retrieve, regain.
repair, n. renovation, restoration, reconstruction, reparation, rehabilitation.
reparable, a. restorable, retrievable. Antonyms: irreparable, irretrievable.
reparation, n. restoration, rehabilitation, instauration, renovation; atonement, restitution.
repartee, n. bon mot.
repay, v. refund, restore, reimburse; recompense, requite; revenge, avenge, retaliate.
repayment, n. restoration, reimbursement; recompense, requital; retaliation, revenge.
repeal, v. revoke, rescind, abrogate.
repeal, n. revocation, rescission, abrogation.
repeat, v. iterate, reiterate, verbigerate.
repeating, n. repetition, iteration, reiteration; verbigeration.
repel, v. repulse, rebuff, resist, oppose.
repellence, n. repulsion, rebuff, opposition.
repellent, a. repulsive, repelling.
repentance, n. penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse. Antonym: impenitence.
repentant, a. contrite, penitent. Antonyms: unrepentant, impenitent.
repetition, n. iteration, reiteration, recurrence; verbigeration; tautology; echo, rote; recapitulation; reverberation.
repine, v. complain, murmur.
replace, v. restore, refund, repay.
replacement, n. restoration, reinstatement.
repletion, n. excess, superabundance, surfeit; plethora.
reply, v. answer, respond, rejoin, retort.
reply, n. answer, response, rejoinder; retort, repartee.
report, n. rumor, on dit, hearsay, bruit; account, statement, communication; fame, repute, reputation; sound, noise, repercussion, detonation, discharge, explosion; cahier; description, narrative, narration, recital.
report, v. announce, communicate, describe; bruit, circulate, promulgate, publish. Antonyms: suppress, withhold, reserve.
repose, n. rest, inactivity, motionlessness; composure, tranquillity.
repository, n. depository, storehouse, depot, magazine.
represent, v. show, typify, symbolize; personate, impersonate; portray, delineate, depict.
representative, a. delegated, vicarious; typical, figurative, symbolical, emblematic.
representative, n. deputy, delegate, vicar, proxy, agent, substitute, vicegerent, surrogate, regent, commissioner, envoy, emissary, ambassador, exponent.
repress, v. quell, subdue, suppress, overpower, restrain, curb, stifle.
repression, n. suppression, restraint, quelling, check.
reproach, v. censure, upbraid, rebuke, reprimand, revile, chide, vilify.
reproach, n. censure, scurrility, contumely, invective, odium, obloquy, shame, disgrace.
reproachful, a. upbraiding, opprobrious, abusive; shameful, disgraceful, scandalous.
reprobate, a. abandoned, depraved, profligate, incorrigible.—n.castaway, outcast, wretch.
reprobate, v. condemn, denounce, reject, abandon.
reprobation, n. condemnation, denunciation, censure abandonment.
reproduce, v. portray, duplicate, imitate; generate, beget, propagate.
reproduction, n. duplication, copy, imitation; generation, procreation, propagation.
reproof, n. See censure.
reprovable, a. culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blamable, reproachable.
reprove, v. See censure.
repudiate, v. reject, renounce, disavow, abjure, disclaim.
repudiation, n. disavowal, rejection, abjuration, disclaimer, disowning.
repugnance, n. aversion, reluctance, unwillingness, hostility, antipathy.
repugnant, a. hostile, contrary, refractory, adverse, offensive, antagonistic, opposed.
repulse, v. repel, reject.
repulse, n. repulsion, repelling, rejection, refusal, rebuff.
repulsive, a. repellent, offensive, forbidding, revolting.
reputation, n. repute, name, credit, esteem, honor.
repute, n. reputation, esteem, credit.
reputed, a. putative.
request, n. asking, solicitation, demand, instance, prayer, petition, entreaty, suit, quest.
request, v. ask, supplicate, petition, beg, entreat, importune, beseech.
require, v. demand, claim, exact, need, want, necessitate, enjoin.
requirement, n. demand, requisition, requisite; command, essential, need.
requisite, a. necessary, required, essential, indispensable.
requital, n. recompense, remuneration, retribution, recaliation, reprisal.
requite, v. compensate, remunerate, repay, pay, retaliate, avenge, reciprocate.
rescue, n. deliverance, liberation, salvation, ransom, extrication, disentanglement.
rescue, v. release, deliver, liberate, recapture, redeem, save, extricate, disenthrall.
resemblance, n. likeness, similitude, similarity, analogy, parity, semblance.
resentment, n. dudgeon, umbrage, displeasure, grudge.
reserve, n. reticence, constraint, uncommunicativeness, taciturnity, restraint.
reserved, a. retained, withheld, excepted; uncommunicative, reticent, taciturn, restrained.
residence, n. dwelling, domiciliation, abode, habitancy, habitation, domicile, home.
resident, n. denizen, inhabitant, dweller, residentiary.
residue, n. remainder, remnant, residuum, rest, balance; surplus, excess.
resign, v. demit, abdicate, withdraw, surrender, relinquish, submit.
resignation, n. surrender, abdication, demit; forbearance, fortitude, long-suffering, patience.
resigned, a. surrendered; uncomplaining, submissive, patient.
resist, v. oppose, withstand, impugn, oppugn, defy, baffle, contravene, rebuff.
resistance, n. opposition, renitence, recalcitration, oppugnation, antagonism, rebuff.
resistant, a. resisting, opposing, renitent.
resistless, a. irresistible.
resolute, a. determined, unwavering, unflinching, steadfast, firm, pertinacious.
resolution, n. firmness, determination, pertinacity, persistence, steadfastness, constancy; resolve, purpose, determination; decomposition, solution, dissolution.
resolvable, a. solvable, resoluble, dissolvable.
resolve, v. determine; dissolve, liquefy.
resolve, n. resolution, determination, intention, purpose, design.
resonance, n. reverberation.
resonant, a. resounding, reverberating.
resound, v. reverberate, reecho, peal.
resound, n. echo, reverberation.
resounder, n. resonator, reverberator.
resounding, a. resonant.
resource, n. resort, expedient, device, shift.
resources, n. pl. assets, means.
respect, n. care, caution, regard; esteem, veneration, deference, reverence, homage, obeisance; reference, regard; particular, feature. Antonyms: See disrespect.
respect, v. esteem, venerate, revere, honor, reverence.
respectable, a. reputable, honorable, estimable; moderate, fair, average.
respectful, a. deferential, courteous, polite, obeisant, reverent. Antonyms: disrespectful, discourteous, defiant, irreverent.
respective, a. relative; particular, own.
respect of persons. partiality, favoritism.
respects, n. pl. compliments, regards, devoirs.
response, n. reply, answer, rejoinder, retort, repartee, antiphon, antiphone, antiphony.
responsibility, n. accountability, liability; duty, trust.
responsible, a. accountable, answerable, amenable. Antonyms: irresponsible, unaccountable, independent.
responsive, a. responding, antiphonal.
responsory, n. antiphone, antiphony, antiphonary.
rest, n. quiet, quietness, inactivity, repose, ease, tranquillity, quiescence, stillness, stagnation, security, cessation, abeyance, intermission, respite, reprieve, pause, recess, sabbatism; caesura, pause; support, stay, brace; residue, remainder, balance, residuum, others; surplus. Antonyms: activity, agitation, unrest, commotion.
rest, v. stop, halt, pause, desist; repose, recline, lie; trust, rely, depend, acquiesce.
restaurant, n. cafe, eating-house, chophouse, refectory, buffet.
restaurant keeper. restaurateur.
rest house. caravansary (in Eastern countries).
resting, a. reclining, lying, incumbent.
resting on something else. superincumbent.—n. superincumbence.
restitution, n. repayment, restoration, return, indemnification; reparation, requital, compensation.
restive, a. restless, impatient, fidgety, intractable, uneasy, fractious, rebellious.
restless, a. restive, fidgety, agitated, unquiet, uneasy, kicksy-wicksy.
restlessness, n. restiveness, the fidgets, uneasiness, agitation, turbulence, dysphoria.
restoration, n. return, restitution, replacement, reinstatement, reparation; repatriation; renewal, renovation, redintegration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, instauration; recuperation, recovery.
restore, v. repair, renew, reconstruct, rehabilitate, redintegrate, remodel; replace, refund, return; repatriate; resuscitate, reestablish, revive.
restrain, v. repress, suppress, check, bridle, curb, constrain; abridge, circumscribe, limit, restrict, narrow; withhold, forbear; debar, prevent, interdict, prohibit.
restraint, n. repression, constraint, check, suppression; limitation, prevention; confinement, duress.
restrict, v. restrain, limit, confine, repress, curb, circumscribe.
restriction, n. restraint, constraint, confinement, repression, circumscription, limitation.
result, v. terminate, end, eventuate, redound, issue, accrue, ensue.
result, n. consequence, effect, issue, event, outcome, eventuation, sequence; decision, resolve.
resume, n. recapitulation, summary, abstract.
resurrect, v. (Slang) disentomb, disinter, unbury, exhume.
resurrection, n. resurgence, revivification.
retain, v. keep, hold, reserve.
retainment, n. retention.
retaliate, v. avenge, requite, repay.
retaliation, n. revenge, requital, retribution.
retard, v. impede.
retarding, n. retardation.
retentive, a. tenacious. Antonyms: unretentive, irretentive.
reticence, n. reserve, uncommunicativeness, taciturnity.
reticent, a. taciturn, reserved, uncommunicative.
retinue, n. train, suite, followers.
retire, v. withdraw, retreat, recede, retrocede, leave, secede.
retired, a. secluded, sequestered, unfrequented, withdrawn.
retirement, n. withdrawal, seclusion, retreat.
retiring, a. diffident, shy, coy, shrinking, reserved, modest.
retract, v. recant, rescind, recall, disavow.
retraction, n. recantation, rescission, disavowal.
retreat, n. retirement, withdrawal; refuge, asylum, seclusion, privacy, fastness.
retreat, v. retire, withdraw, recede.
retrench, v. curtail, lessen, diminish, abridge; limit, confine.
retrenchment, n. diminution, curtailment, abridgment, lessening.
retribution, n. retaliation, repayment, requital.
retrograde, v. retrocede, recede, decline, deteriorate.
retrogression, n. retrogradation, decline, regression, deterioration.
return, v. restore, repay, refund, replace; recur, regress, reappear, revert; requite, retaliate, repay; repatriate.
return, n. restoration, restitution, repayment, requital, retribution, redress; recurrence, regress, reversion; repatriation, atavism; recrudescence; relapse.
returning, a. recurrent, recurring, intermittent.
reveal, v. disclose, unveil, expose, divulge, impart.
revel, n. carousal, festivity, saturnalia.
revel, v. carouse; luxuriate, wanton.
revelation, n. disclosure, divulgement, exposition, apocalypse.
reveler, n. carouser, bacchanal, roysterer, bacchant, bacchanalian.
revelry, n. reveling, carousal, wassail, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal.
revenge, v. avenge, retaliate, wreak vengeance.
revenge, n. vengeance, retaliation.
revengeful, a. vindictive, implacable, resentful, rancorous.
revenue, n. income.
reverberate, v. resound, reecho.
reverberation, n. resonance, reecho.
revere, v. venerate, reverence, honor, respect.
reverence, n. veneration.
reverence, v. revere, venerate.
reverent, a. reverential, humble.
reverse, v. invert; overthrow, subvert, overturn; revoke, annul, rescind, countermand.
reverse, n. opposite, contrary, counterpart; reversal; misfortune, failure.
reversion, n. succession; atavism; escheat.
review, v. reconsider, revise, reexamine, retrace.
review, n. reexamination, reconsideration, retrospect, revision.
revile, v. vilify, traduce, asperse, reproach, malign, calumniate.
revilement, n. vilification, traducement, aspersion, reproach, calumniation, contumely.
reviling, a. scurrilous, vituperative, contumelious, reproachful, abusive.
revisal, n. revision, emendation, recension.
revision, n. revisal, recension, emendation.
revivable, a. resuscitable.
revival, n. revivification, reanimation, resuscitation, restoration, renaissance, renascence.
revivalist, n. evangelist.
revive, v. resuscitate, reanimate, quicken, revivify, reinspirit, revitalize, restore, reinspire, rally.
revivification, n. resuscitation, reanimation, revival, quickening.
revocation, n. recall, repeal, reversal, abjuration, recantation.
revoke, v. repeal, reverse, recant, rescind, abrogate, countermand, retract, abjure.
revolt, n. rebellion, sedition, uprising, mutiny, insurrection, insubordination, insurgency.
revolt, v. rebel, mutiny; disgust, nauseate, shock, offend.
revolter, n. insurgent, rebel, mutineer, renegade.
revolting, a. nauseating, repulsive, fulsome, abhorrent, disgusting.
revolution, n. rotation, gyration; rebellion, revolt.
revolve, v. rotate, spin, gyrate, turn; devolve; brood over, ruminate, ponder, consider.
revolver, n. pistol, repeater.
revolving, a. rotary, gyrating, gyratory, rotatory.—n. revolution, rotation.
reward, n. recompense, requital, guerdon, meed, remuneration premium, bonus, bounty, douceur, merit; honorarium; retribution, retaliation, penalty.
reward, v. requite, recompense.
rhyme, n. jingle, poetry.
rhymer, n. poetaster, versifier, rhymester, rhymist.
rib, n. costa. Associated words: costal, intercostal, sternal, asternal.
ribald, a. indelicate, gross, indecent, obscene, lewd.
ribaldry, n. obscenity, indecency, lewdness.
ribbon badge of honor. cordon.
rice refuse. shude.
rich, a. wealthy, opulent, affluent, well-to-do, moneyed; abundant, copious, bountiful, plentiful; fecund, fertile, luxuriant, prolific, exuberant, teeming, productive; sumptuous, luxurious; delicious, luscious, hearty, nutritive gorgeous, elegant, beautiful; vivid, bright, intense. Antonyms: poor, infertile, indigent, plain.
rich, n. (newly rich) Nouveau riche.
riches, n. pl. See wealth.
rich man. nabob, Croeoeus, Dives, plutocrat, millionaire.
richness, n. opulence, wealth, affluence; abundance, profusion; luxuriance, sumptuousness, costliness, elegance, fertility, fecundity. Antonyms: poverty, infertility.
rickets, n. rachitis.
rickety, a. ramshackle, dilapidated, tottering, crazy.
rid, a. free, clear, disencumbered.
rid, v. free, disburden, relieve, disencumber, dispose, dispatch.
riddance, n. deliverance, relief, disencumbrance.
riddle, n. enigma, puzzle, problem, rebus, crux, conundrum, paradox.
rider, n. equestrian, horseman; equestrienne (female), jockey, postilion.
ridge, n. crest; whelk.
ridicule, n. mockery, gibe, jeer, burlesque, raillery, satire, sarcasm, irony.
ridicule, v. deride, satirize, scoff, rally, banter, burlesque, lampoon, mock, scout, jeer, taunt, twit.
ridiculous, a. preposterous, absurd, farcical, burlesque, ludicrous.
riding boots. top boots.
riding on horseback. equestrianism, equitation.
rife, a. abounding, prevalent, plentiful, replete.
rifle, v. strip, fleece, despoil, pillage, devastate.
rift, n. cleft, fissure, crack, gap, crevice, cranny, break, chink.
rig, v. equip; bedizen, accouter.
rigging, n. dress, tackle, equipment, gear.
right, a. just, true, equitable, honest, rightful, lawful, correct, true, accurate, reasonable, ethical, condign, appropriate, proper, suitable, seemly, relevant, consistent, fortunate, auspicious, favorable; dexter, dextral, dextrorse.
right, v. correct, rectify, emend; make restitution, redress.
right, n. prerogative, privilege, immunity, exemption.
right, n. uprightness, rectitude, probity, integrity, propriety, justice, morality, virtue, equity; title, claim; authority. Associated words: ethics, casuistry, deontology, redress, ethology, aretology.
right along. continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly.
right away. immediately, straightway, right off, instantly, instanter, at once.
righteous, a. pious, religious, devout, godly, saintly; equitable, just, right.
righteousness, n. godliness, holiness, sanctity. Antonym: unrighteousness.
right-handed, a. dexterous.
right-handedness, n. dexterity, dextrality.
rigid, a. inflexible, stiff, unyielding, unpliant; rigorous, severe, austere, strict.
rigidity, n. stiffness, inflexibility, severity, rigor.
rigmarole, n. (Colloq.) nonsense, flummery, balderdash, twaddle.
rigor, n. rigidity, inflexibility, austerity, severity, asperity, sternness, inclemency, stringency.
rigorous, a. severe, stringent, strict, unyielding; inclement, severe.
rile, v. (Colloq.) roil; anger, vex, offend.
rill, n. streamlet, rivulet, runnel, brook.
rily, a. (Colloq.) roily, turbid.
rim, n. brim, margin, edge, brink, verge, border; felly (rim of a wheel).
rime, n. hoarfrost.
rind, n. skin, peel. Antonym: pulp.
ring, v. sound, resound, reverberate; toll, knell, chime, ding, tinkle, clang.
ring, n. circle, hoop; grommet, gimmal, terret, manilla, lute; annulation, annulet. Associated Words: annular, annularity, annulate, signet, dactyliology, dactylioglyphy, dactylioglyph, cameo, intaglio, lapidary, lapidist, posy.
ring, n. arena; clique, coterie, set, cabal.
ringing, n. sounding, resounding, reverberation, tolling, clang, chime, clam, tinkling, knell, clangor.
ringlet, n. tress, curl, lock.
ringworm, n. circular herpes, serpigo.
riot, n. tumult, uproar; revelry.
rioter, n. reveler, carouser, roysterer.
riotous, a. wanton, luxuriant, unrestrained; seditious, tumultuous, turbulent, insubordinate, rebellious.
rip, n. rent, tear.
rip, n. (Slang) harridan, hag.
ripe, a. mature, ripened; consummate, complete, perfect; suppurated, matured; rareripe.
ripen, v. mature, maturate.
ripeness, n. maturity, completeness, consummateness, development.
ripple, v. fret.
rise, v. ascend, mount, arise, levitate; tower; swell, increase, grow, enlarge; emerge; proceed, spring, emanate, originate; rebel, revolt; transcend (rise above).
rise, n. ascent; spring, source, origin, beginning; increase, advance, appreciation, augmentation; elevation, hill, knoll.
rise again. resurge.
risible, a. funny, ludicrous. See laughable.
rising, a. ascending, ascendant.
rising, n. ascent, ascension, rise, levitation, levee, emergence; insurrection, uprising.
rising again. resurrection, resurgence.—a. resurgent.
risk, n. unsafety, danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, imperilment.
risk, v. hazard, endanger, peril, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize.
risky, a. hazardous, unsafe, perilous, jeopardous, dangerous, precarious.
rite, n. ceremony, ordinance.
ritual, n. liturgy, consuetudinary.
rival, n. competitor, emulator, antagonist.—a. competing, competitive, emulative.
rival, v. compete, emulate.
rivalry, n. competition, emulation, contention.
riven, a. cleft, split, rent asunder.
river, n. Associated Words: potamology, potamography, riparian, riparious, fluvial, levee, wady, estuary, fluviatic, fluviatile, bayou, pothole, dredge, fluvicoline, fluviograph, fluviometer, crevasse, anadron, tributary, embouchure, barrage.
rivulet, n. rill, creek, streamlet, runnel, runlet, brook, bourn.
road, n. thoroughfare, avenue, highroad, highway, street, lane, passage, artery, roadstead, boulevard, esplanade, turnpike, tramroad, causeway, corduroy road, anchorage, impasse.
road agent. highwayman, bandit.
roam, v. ramble, stray, rove, range, wander.
roar, n. bellow, bellowing.
roar, v. bellow; boom, peal, resound, thunder.
roast, v. bake; torrefy, parch; (Colloq.) banter.
rob, v. plunder, pillage, fleece, despoil, rifle, sack, spoliate, loot, forage.
robber, n. bandit, brigand, buccaneer, burglar, depredator, despoiler, footpad, filibuster, forager, desperado, corsair, freebooter, highwayman, picaroon, marauder, pillager, pirate, plunderer, raider, thief, ladrone.
robbery, n. larceny, burglary, theft, plundering, piracy, peculation, depredation, brigandage, buccaneering, despoliation, loot, sack.
robe, n. gown.
robing room of a church. vestry, sacristy.
robust, a. strong, sinewy, muscular, brawny, stalwart, vigorous, sound.
rock, n. bowlder; crag.
rocking-horse, n. cockhorse.
rod, n. wand, cane, stick; pole, perch, 16-1/2 feet.
roe, n. roebuck; ova, spawn (of fishes).
rogue, n. knave, miscreant, scamp, rascal, sharper. See scoundrel.
roguery, n. cheating, knavery, fraud; mischievousness.
roguish, a. knavish, tricky; waggish, sportive, arch, mischievous.
roil, v. make turbid, rile.
roily, a. turbid, muddy, feculent.
roll, n. scroll; roster, record; convolution, trundle, coil.
roll, v. wheel, whirl, revolve, rotate, turn, gyrate, spin, trundle, circumgyrate; inwrap, infold, convolve; wallow, welter; rock, sway, lurch, titubate, fluctuate.
rolled, a. coiled, convoluted, involuted.
roller, n. cylinder; fillet.
rolling, a. rotating, circumrotary; undulating, hilly; voluble.
rolling, n. rotation, wheeling, circumrotation, titubation, involution.
romantic, a. imaginary, impractical, chimerical, picturesque, fanciful, fantastic.
roof timber. rafter.
room, n. space, compass, range, scope, latitude; apartment, chamber, compartment. Associated Word: suite.
roomer, n. lodger.
roomy, a. spacious, capacious, commodious.
roost, n. perch.
rooster, n. cock, chanticleer; cockerel (young); capon (castrated).
root, n. rootstock, radix, taproot, spur; rootlet, radicel; tuber, bulb.
root, n. etymon, stem, radix, radical.
rooted, a. radicated; implanted, fixed, ingrained.
rooting, n. radication; burrowing; implantation.
rooting out. uprooting, eradication, extirpation.
rope, n. cordage, cable, hawser, lasso, lariat, cabestro, tether, tow; pl. shrouds, ratlines. Associated Words: marline, marline spike, marling, strand, oakum, winch, windlass, lif, contline.
rope-dancer, n. funambulist, equilibrist, acrobat.
rope-dancing, n. funambulation. Associated Words: funambulate, funambulatory, poy.
rope-walker, n. equilibrist.
ropy, a. stringy, tenacious, sticky.
rose, n. Associated Words: attar, rodomel.
rose-colored, a. roseate, rosy; alluring.
rosedrop, n. grogblossom, rosy whelk.
rose-grower, n. rosarian.
rose rash. roseola.
rosery, n. rosarium, rosary.
rosin, n. colophony.
rostrum, n. platform, stage, dais.
rosy, a. rose-colored, roseate, ruddy, alluring.
rot, n. decomposition, decay, putrescence, corruption, putridity. Antonyms: preservation, imputrescence, incorruption, soundness.
rotary, a. turning, rotating.
rotary motion. rotation. Associated Words: trochilics, trochilic.
rotate, v. revolve, turn, gyrate, whirl.
rotation, n. turning, revolution; succession.
rotten, a. decayed, putrid, putrescent, carious, corrupt, decomposed, putrefied; malodorous, fetid.
rottenness, n. putrefaction. See rot. Associated Words: antiseptic, imputrescible, septic, putrescible, aseptic.
rotund, a. round, spherical, globular, orbicular.
rotundity, n. roundness, sphericity, circularity, globosity.
roue, n. rake.
rouge, n. ferric oxide, crocus; cosmetic.
rough, a. uneven, jagged, craggy, rugged, cragged, scraggy; rude, inurbane, burly, unrefined, discourteous, uncivil, blunt, bluff, brusque, austere, abrupt, gruff, boorish, uncourtly; boisterous, tumultuous, tempestuous, stormy; harsh, hard, severe, inclement, drastic, violent; harsh, grating, raucous, discordant, inharmonious; unkempt, disheveled, shaggy; incomplete, superficial, cursory, crude, uncut, unpolished, scabrous.
rough, n. bully, ruffian, rowdy.
round, a. circular, spherical, orbicular, orbed, globular, annular, discoid, rotund; cylindrical; convex, protuberant, bulging; orotund.
round, n. revolution, cycle, rotation, series, succession; rung, rundle, ranee, step; circuit, beat; bout.
roundabout, a. circuitous, indirect, tortuous; encircling, ambient, circumambient, encompassing.
roundabout language. circumlocution.
round building or room. rotunda.
roundelay, n. rondeau, rondel, round.
roundness, n. circularity, globularity, sphericity, rotundity, cylindricity, globosity, annularity, orbiculation, orotundity, convexity.
rouse, v. See arouse.
rousing, a. exciting, stirring; (Colloq.) astounding, startling.
rout, n. overthrow, defeat, discomfiture, vanquishment: clamor, tumult, uproar, din, brawl; mob, rabble.
rout, v. vanquish, defeat, scatter.
route, n. course, way, road, passage.
routine, a. custom, round, course.
rove, v. range, ramble, straggle. See wander.
rover, n. See wanderer.
row, n. (Colloq.) brawl, broil, affray, rumpus, squabble, melee, tumult, fracas.
row, n. rank, line, file, series.
rowdy, n. (Colloq.) ruffian, rough, bully, hoodlum, larrikin.
royal, a. kingly, regal, imperial, monarchical, palatine; august, majestic, princely.
royal mace. scepter.
royalty, n. kingship, sovereignty, regality, regency; sovereign, majesty; domain, realm.
rub, n. friction; hindrance, impediment, obstruction, pinch, difficulty; sarcasm, jeer, jibe, taunt; whetstone.
rub, v. abrade, chafe, scrape, grate, fret; embrocate; massage; graze, scour, smooth, smear, fray; burnish, furbish, polish.
rubber, n. caoutchouc, India-rubber; overshoe, galoshe, galoche; eraser. Associated Words: vulcanize, vulcanization.
rubbing, n. friction, abrasion, attrition, chafing, fraying; embrocation; massage.
rubbing out. erasure, obliteration, effacement.
rubbish, n. trash, litter, lumber, refuse, debris, garbage, dross, trumpery.
rubicund, a. ruddy, florid.
rub out. erase, obliterate, expunge, efface.
rub up. burnish, scour, polish.
ruck, n. wrinkle, crease; (Colloq.) common sort.
rudder, n. Associated Word: tiller.
ruddy, a. red, florid, rubicund, blowzed.
rude, a. crude, unpolished, raw, rough, indelicate, unrefined, coarse, undisciplined, uncivilized; inelegant, inartistic, artless; uncivil, discourteous, inurbane, impolite, romping, hoidenish; boisterous, turbulent, violent, inclement, tumultuous; unwrought, unfashioned.
rudiment, n. element; embryo; pl. elements, accidence.
rudimentary, n. rudimental, elementary, initial; embryonic, embryo.
rue, v. regret, deplore.
rueful, a. woeful, sad, lugubrious, mournful.
ruffian, n. monster, villain, rowdy, desperado.
ruffle, n. ruff, frill, flounce, furbelow; perturbation, flurry, bustle.
ruffle, v. pucker, pleat, wrinkle; rumple, derange, disarrange, disorder; agitate, discompose, perturb, disconcert; swagger, strut.
rugged, a. irregular, rough, uneven, scraggy, cragged, craggy; inclement, tempestuous, turbulent, boisterous, wild; (Colloq.) robust, hardy, vigorous; austere, crabbed, harsh, unfeeling.
ruin, n. bane, pest, plague.
ruin, n. wreck, destruction, undoing, dilapidation, disorganization, perdition, ruination, subversion, shipwreck, downfall, havoc, demolition.
ruin, v. overthrow, subvert, destroy, wreck, ruinate, impoverish.
ruination, n. ruin.
ruinous, a. destructive.
rule, n. regulation, prescript, prescription, order, ruling; standard, criterion, touchstone, brocard; maxim, law, canon; norm; government, sway, regency, domination, authority, direction, empire, dynasty, supremacy, administration, regime.
rule, v. govern, dominate; restrain, influence, sway, prevail, dominate, preponderate, domineer.
ruler, n. governor, sovereign, monarch, president, king, potentate, dynast, lord, satrap, rajah, emir, caliph, burgrave, procurator, Pharaoh, interregent, despot, regent, dominator, arbiter, viceroy, vicegerent, autocrat, oligarch, liege lord, protector, kaiser, czar, dey, doge, mogul, pasha, bey, tetrarch, khedive, sultan, emperor.
ruling, a. regnant, reigning; predominant, dominative, dominant, prevailing.
ruling, n. government, regnancy.
rum, a. (Slang) queer, odd, old-fashioned.
ruminate, v. meditate, muse, ponder, reflect.
rumination, n. meditation.
rummage, v. ransack.
runmy, a. (Slang) strange, odd, freakish, singular.
rumor, n. hearsay, gossip, bruit, on dit.
rump, n. buttocks.
rump bone. aitchbone, edgebone, natch bone.
rumple, v. crumple, wrinkle, pucker, crease.
rumple, n. crumple, pucker, wrinkle, crease.
rumpus, n. (Colloq.) disturbance, quarrel, affray, brawl, row, fracas.
run, v. sprint, lope, scamper, scud, speed, his, hasten, scour, scuttle, flee, race, pace, gallop, trot; proceed, flow; melt, fuse; elapse, pass; pursue, follow, tag; stampede; abscond.
run, n. running, sprint, sprinting; course, series, repetition pressure, demand, importunity; generality.
run, n. brook, rill, streamlet, rivulet.
run after. pursue, follow, tag.
runagate, n. renegade, deserter, apostate, vagabond.
runaway, n. fugitive, absconder, deserter, truant, renegade.
runaway, a. fugitive, absconding, truant.
run away. flee, escape, desert, elope, abscond.
run away with. accompany.
run down. decline, deteriorate; decry, belittle, disparage, derogate.
rung, n. round, rime, rundle (of a ladder).
run into. collide.
runner, n. racer, sprinter; messenger, courier.
running, a. successive, consecutive; flowing, easy, cursive; continuous; trailing.
running after. pursuit.
running away. desertion, fleeing, absconding, elopement.
running down. decline, deterioration; decrial, disparagement.
running into. collision.
running out. expiration, extension, expatiation, extinction.
run out. expire; extend, spread; expatiate, descant; become extinct.
run over. overflow.
runround, n. (Colloq.) felon, whitlow.
runt, n. dwarf, pygmy.
run through. squander, dissipate; transfix, impale, pierce.
ruption, n. breach, rupture.
rupture, n. disruption, breach; hernia.
rural, a. rustic, country, countrified, pastoral, bucolic, agrestic.
ruralism, n. ruralness, rurality, rusticity.
ruralize, v. rusticate.
ruse, n. artifice, wile, trick, stratagem, maneuver, feint, dodge.
rush, v. press, hurry.
rush, n. activity, demand.
Russia, n. Associated Words: Russian, russianize, Russification, russify, Russophile, Russophobia, Russophobe, Duma, vodka.
Russian peasant. muzhik, moujik.
rust, n. corrosion, aerugo, verdigris; mildew, blight, mould; pating.
rust, v. corrode; degenerate (in idleness), decline.
rustic, a. rural, country, agrestic; unpolished, countrified, uncouth, rude, rough; coarse, plain, simple, inelegant, homely; artless, unaffected.
rustic, n. countryman, farmer; boor, churl, hind, put, carl, yokel.
rusticate, v. ruralize.
rustle, n. rustling, frou-frou.
rustlings a. whispering, susurrous.
rust of plants. ferrugo.
rusty, a. seruginous; ferruginous; reasty, rancid, musty, fusty, mildewed; discolored, stained; rubiginous.
rut, n. groove; roaring (of waves), rote.
rut, n. oestrus, heat, oestruation. Associated Word: oestrual.
ruth, n. pity, tenderness, compassion, mercy.
ruthful, a. pitiful, tender, compassionate, merciful.
ruthless, a. pitiless, cruel, truculent, relentless, implacable, fell, hard-hearted.
ruthlessness, n. truculence, implacability, cruelty, mercilessness.
ruttish, a. lustful, salacious, lascivious.
rye, n. Associated Words: ergot, ergotism, ergotized.