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rage, n. fury, wrath, pa.s.sion; (Colloq.) vogue, mode, fashion. See anger.
rage, v. storm, fume, rave.
ragged, a. rent, torn, frazzled; rough, jagged; ragam.u.f.fin, 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, rakeh.e.l.l, satyr.
rakish, a. licentious, dissolute, libertine, immoral, lecherous, lewd.
rally, v. collect, reunite; recover, recuperate; a.s.semble; 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, pa.s.sion, 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, cla.s.s, cla.s.sify; rove, roam, ramble; correspond.
range, n. extent, reach, sweep, compa.s.s, scope, lat.i.tude; order, cla.s.s, kind, series, rank; compa.s.s, 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, cla.s.s, order, division; position, station, degree; eminence, distinction.
rank, v. cla.s.sify, arrange, dispose, cla.s.s, 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.
