| rap | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, knock, whack, whang |
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| (noun) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: blame |
| (noun) voluble conversation | - |
| (noun) genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged | Synonyms: hip-hop, rap music |
| (noun) the sound made by a gentle blow | Synonyms: pat, tap |
| (noun) a gentle blow | Synonyms: strike, tap |
| rapaciousness | (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapacity, voraciousness, voracity |
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| (noun) an excessive desire for wealth (usually in large amounts) | Synonyms: greediness, voraciousness |
| (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, predaciousness, rapacity |
| rapacity | (noun) reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins) | Synonyms: avarice, avaritia, covetousness, greed |
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| (noun) extreme gluttony | Synonyms: edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, voraciousness, voracity |
| (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, predaciousness, rapaciousness |
| rape | (noun) the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will | Synonyms: assault, ravishment, violation |
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| (noun) the act of despoiling a country in warfare | Synonyms: rapine |
| (noun) Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop | Synonyms: Brassica napus, colza |
| raper | (noun) someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | Synonyms: rapist |
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| rapeseed | (noun) seed of rape plants; source of an edible oil | - |
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| raphe | (noun) a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | Synonyms: rhaphe |
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| raphia | (noun) leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc. | Synonyms: raffia |
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| rapid | (noun) a part of a river where the current is very fast | - |
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| rapidity | (noun) a rate that is rapid | Synonyms: celerity, quickness, rapidness, speediness |
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| rapidness | (noun) a rate that is rapid | Synonyms: celerity, quickness, rapidity, speediness |
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| rapier | (noun) a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges | Synonyms: tuck |
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| rapine | (noun) the act of despoiling a country in warfare | Synonyms: rape |
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| rapist | (noun) someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse | Synonyms: raper |
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| rappee | (noun) strong snuff made from dark coarse tobacco | - |
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| rappel | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: abseil |
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| rappeller | (noun) a person who descends down a nearly vertical face by using a doubled rope that is wrapped around the body and attached to some high point | Synonyms: abseiler |
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| rapper | (noun) a device (usually metal and ornamental) attached by a hinge to a door | Synonyms: doorknocker, knocker |
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| (noun) someone who performs rap music | - |
| rapport | (noun) a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people | Synonyms: resonance |
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| rapporteur | (noun) a recorder appointed by a committee to prepare reports of the meetings | - |
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| rapprochement | (noun) the reestablishing of cordial relations | Synonyms: reconciliation |
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| rapscallion | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rascal, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
| raptor | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals | Synonyms: bird of prey, raptorial bird |
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| rapture | (noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: ecstasy, exaltation, raptus, transport |
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| (noun) a state of elated bliss | Synonyms: ecstasy |
| raptus | (noun) a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion | Synonyms: ecstasy, exaltation, rapture, transport |
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| (noun) a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease | Synonyms: ictus, seizure |