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Rrabbit,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 andlively.Antonyms: insipid,vapid,tasteless,flavorless,dull, prosaic.radiance,n.effulgence, refulgence,brilliancy,brightness.radiant,a.effulgent, refulgent,brilliant. Seebright.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. Seeanger.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. Seeabuse.raillery,n.banter,pleasantry,jesting, asteism.railroad,n.railway.railroad,v.(Colloq.)hurry,rush.raiment,n.Seeclothes.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,roué, 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, posthaste.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,recherché;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. Seebadness.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,reëcho.rebound,n.rebounding, resilience, repercussion,recoil, ricochet.rebuff,n.repulse,resistance,opposition,repellence,check,setback.rebuff,v.repulse,resist,repel,oppose.

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 andlively.Antonyms: insipid,vapid,tasteless,flavorless,dull, prosaic.

radiance,n.effulgence, refulgence,brilliancy,brightness.

radiant,a.effulgent, refulgent,brilliant. Seebright.

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. Seeanger.

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. Seeabuse.

raillery,n.banter,pleasantry,jesting, asteism.

railroad,n.railway.

railroad,v.(Colloq.)hurry,rush.

raiment,n.Seeclothes.

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,roué, 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, posthaste.

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,recherché;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. Seebadness.

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,reëcho.

rebound,n.rebounding, resilience, repercussion,recoil, ricochet.

rebuff,n.repulse,resistance,opposition,repellence,check,setback.

rebuff,v.repulse,resist,repel,oppose.


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