Putnam's Word Book
by
Louis A. Flemming
Part 12 out of 17
qualm, n. nausea; compunction, regret, uneasiness.
qualmish, a. nauseated.
quandary, n. perplexity, predicament, dilemma, puzzle, difficulty,
strait.
quantity, n. amount.
quarrel, n. altercation, disagreement, dispute, brawl, affray, fray,
variance, bickering, contention, wrangle, spat, tiff, squabble, broil,
dissension.
quarrel, v. wrangle, altercate, dispute, contend, squabble, bicker,
spar, jangle; disagree, clash, dissent, differ.
quarrelsome, a. disputatious, contentious, irascible, choleric,
litigious, pugnacious, brawling.
quarry, n. stone pit; game, prey.
quartering, n. quadrisection, quadripartition.
quarter note. crotchet.
quarters, n. pl. rooms, lodging; posts, stations, cantonments,
barracks.
quartz, n. silica, silex.
quash, v. crush, subdue, extinguish, quell, suppress; annul,
overrule.
quashing, n. extinguishment, quelling, suppression; annulment,
overruling.
quaver, n. shaking, trembling, quiver.--v. shake, tremble,
quiver.
quay, n. wharf.
quean, n. hussy, jade.
queen, n. consort.
queer, a. odd, erratic, eccentric, peculiar, singular, unusual,
uncommon, unique, whimsical, bizarre, strange, grotesque, fantastic,
unconventional, nondescript, freakish, exceptional, irregular; (Colloq.)
suspicious, questionable.
queer, v. (Slang) ridicule, banter, rally; spoil, discourage.
quell, v. subdue, suppress, crush, quash.
quelling, n. suppression, repression, crushing.
quench, v. slake; extinguish, stifle, suppress.
quenchless, a. unquenchable.
querulous, a. peevish, fretful, petulant, discontented,
fault-finding, querimonious.
query, n. question.
quest, n. search, seeking, pursuit, request, desire, solicitation,
inquiry.
question, n. interrogation, inquiry, query, quizzing, quiz,
examination; objection, dispute, gainsaying, scruple, cavil; inquest,
debate, discussion, disquisition, inquisition; subject, theme, topic,
problem, proposition; interpellation.
question, v. interrogate, quiz, catechise, examine, inquire of,
pump, heckle; doubt, query, challenge; interpellate.
questionable, a. suspicious, disputable, doubtful, debatable,
problematical, moot, controvertible, dubious, indeterminate, ambiguous.
questioner, n. inquirer, interrogator, inquisitor, querist, quizzer,
quiz.
questioning, a. interrogatory, inquisitive, quizzical, inquisitorial,
catechistic, curious, heckling.
question mark. interrogation point, eroteme.
queue, n. pigtail (of hair), cue.
quib, n. gibe, quip, taunt, sarcasm.
quibble, n. shift, evasion, cavil, sophism, subterfuge, subtlety.
quibble, v. prevaricate, equivocate, cavil, trifle.
quibbler, n. caviler, prevaricator.
quibbling, a. trifling, evasive, prevaricative, caviling, elusive,
sophistical.
quick, a. hasty, swift, fast, speedy, fleet, hurried, rapid,
expeditious; living, animate, live; animated, sprightly, lively, spirited,
agile, brisk, nimble, prompt, deft; irascible, passionate, choleric,
excitable, hasty, sharp; summary. Antonyms: slow, dilatory, sluggish.
quicken, v. revive, vivify, vitalize, resuscitate, animate; excite,
stimulate, incite, actuate; accelerate, expedite, hasten, advance,
facilitate, further. Antonyms: impede, retard, hinder, obstruct, check.
quickening, n. vivification, resuscitation, reanimation,
revivification, animation; excitement, stimulation, actuation, incitement;
acceleration, expedition.
quickening, a. accelerative.
quickness, n. fleetness, expedition, rapidity, celerity, alacrity,
agility, dispatch, velocity, haste, speed, facility.
quicksand, n. syrtis.
quid, n. cud.
quiddity, n. cavil, quibble, subterfuge.
quiet, a. calm, still, pacific, motionless, unmoved, stagnant,
placid, serene, undisturbed, unruffled, halcyon, unmolested; hushed,
silent, still, noiseless, inaudible; demure, meek, inoffensive, gentle,
retiring, modest, unobtrusive, unassuming, undemonstrative, staid,
reserved, sedate; sequestered, unfrequented, retired, secluded.
Antonyms: noisy, tumultuous, boisterous, hoidenish, rude, stormy,
disturbed, obtrusive, forward, demonstrative.
quiet, v. still, hush, lull, appease, allay, compose, tranquilize,
pacify, becalm; assuage, alleviate, mollify, moderate, relieve.
Antonyms: arouse, aggravate, exasperate, intensify, increase.
quietness, n. stillness, quiescence, quiet, repose, calmness,
tranquillity, serenity, unobtrusiveness, silence, inaudibility.
quill feathers. remiges.
quilt, n. coverlet, bedquilt, counterpane.
quip, n. gibe, taunt, quirk.
quip, v. gibe, taunt.
quirk, n. evasion, subterfuge, shift;, quibble, prevarication,
equivocation; retort, quip, gibe.
quirky, adv. tricky, disingenuous, deceitful.
quit, v. cease, stop, desist, discontinue, forbear, break off;
abandon, leave, forsake, evacuate, surrender, resign; absolve, acquit.
Antonyms: continue, persist, stay.
quitch grass. crouch grass, quack grass.
quiver, v. tremble, shake, shudder, quake.
quivering, a. trimbling, tremulous, shuddering, shaking.
quixotic, a. Utopian, impracticable, chimerical fanciful.
quiz, v. puzzle, banter, chaff; question.
quiz, n. puzzle, conundrum, poser; examination.
quod, n. (Slang) quadrangle, court.
quoit, n. discus.
quondam, a. former, sometime, old-time.
quota, n. portion, share, allotment, apportionment.
quotation, n. citation, excerpt.
quotation marks. guillemets.
quote, v. cite, repeat, paraphrase, excerpt.
R
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;
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