Rankness, n.
- 1. Luxuriance, excess, extravagance.
- 2. Rancidness, rancidity, strong smell.
Ransack, v. a.
- 1. Plunder, pillage, sack, ravage, rifle, strip.
- 2. Explore, rummage, search thoroughly.
Ransom, n.
- 1. Price of redemption.
- 2. Release, liberation, redemption, deliverance.
Ransom, v. a.
- 1. Redeem.
- 2. Rescue, liberate, deliver, redeem.
Rant, v. n. Spout, declaim (boisterously), rave (in high-sounding phrases), vociferate, mouth, tear a passion to tatters.
Rant, n. Fustian, bombast, rhodomontade, exaggeration, boisterous declamation.
Ranting, a. Declamatory, theatrical, bombastic.
Ranunculus, n. (Bot.) Crowfoot, buttercup.
Rap, n. Knock, stroke, pat, thump, thwack, smart blow.
Rap, v. a. Strike (suddenly), knock.
Rapacious, a.
- 1. Raptorial, preying, predaceous.
- 2. Ravenous, greedy, plundering.
- 3. Avaricious, grasping, greedy.