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, corduroyroad,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. Seescoundrel.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. Seerot.Associated words: antiseptic, imputrescible, septic, putrescible, aseptic.rotund,a.round, spherical, globular, orbicular.rotundity,n.roundness, sphericity, circularity, globosity.roué,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.Seearouse.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. Seewander.rover,n.Seewanderer.row,n.(Colloq.)brawl,broil, affray,rumpus,squabble,mêlée,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.) commonsort.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, liegelord,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, natchbone.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, ærugo, 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.
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, corduroyroad,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. Seescoundrel.
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. Seerot.Associated words: antiseptic, imputrescible, septic, putrescible, aseptic.
rotund,a.round, spherical, globular, orbicular.
rotundity,n.roundness, sphericity, circularity, globosity.
roué,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.Seearouse.
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. Seewander.
rover,n.Seewanderer.
row,n.(Colloq.)brawl,broil, affray,rumpus,squabble,mêlée,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.) commonsort.
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, liegelord,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, natchbone.
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, ærugo, 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.