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restlessness,n.restiveness, thefidgets,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.résumé,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followers.retire,v.withdraw,retreat, recede, retrocede,leave, secede.retired,a.secluded,sequestered, unfrequented, withdrawn.retirement,n.withdrawal,seclusion,retreat.retiring,a.diffident,shy,coy,shrinking,reserved,modest.retract,v.recant, rescind,recall,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, wreakvengeance.revenge,n.vengeance,retaliation.revengeful,a.vindictive,implacable, resentful,rancorous.revenue,n.income.reverberate,v.resound,reëcho.reverberation,n.resonance,reëcho.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.reëxamination, 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; broodover,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, nutritivegorgeous,elegant,beautiful; vivid,bright,intense.Antonyms:poor, infertile, indigent,plain.rich,n.(newly rich)Nouveau riche.riches,n. pl.Seewealth.rich man.nabob, Crœoeus, 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; makerestitution,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. Seelaughable.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.

restlessness,n.restiveness, thefidgets,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.

résumé,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, wreakvengeance.

revenge,n.vengeance,retaliation.

revengeful,a.vindictive,implacable, resentful,rancorous.

revenue,n.income.

reverberate,v.resound,reëcho.

reverberation,n.resonance,reëcho.

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.reëxamination, 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; broodover,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, nutritivegorgeous,elegant,beautiful; vivid,bright,intense.Antonyms:poor, infertile, indigent,plain.

rich,n.(newly rich)Nouveau riche.

riches,n. pl.Seewealth.

rich man.nabob, Crœoeus, 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; makerestitution,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. Seelaughable.

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.


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