| rib | (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule, roast |
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| (verb) form vertical ribs by knitting | - |
| rice | (verb) sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice | - |
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| rick | (verb) twist suddenly so as to sprain | Synonyms: sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick |
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| (verb) pile in ricks | - |
| ricochet | (verb) spring back; spring away from an impact | Synonyms: bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, spring, take a hop |
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| rid | (verb) relieve from | Synonyms: disembarrass, free |
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| riddle | (verb) explain a riddle | - |
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| (verb) set a difficult problem or riddle | - |
| (verb) speak in riddles | - |
| (verb) pierce with many holes | - |
| (verb) separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff | Synonyms: screen |
| (verb) spread or diffuse through | Synonyms: diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, penetrate, permeate, pervade |
| ride | (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
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| (verb) keep partially engaged by slightly depressing a pedal with the foot | - |
| (verb) copulate with | Synonyms: mount |
| (verb) be carried or travel on or in a vehicle | - |
| (verb) sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions | Synonyms: sit |
| (verb) move like a floating object | - |
| (verb) climb up on the body | - |
| (verb) sit on and control a vehicle | - |
| (verb) ride over, along, or through | - |
| (verb) continue undisturbed and without interference | - |
| (verb) lie moored or anchored | - |
| (verb) have certain properties when driven | Synonyms: drive |
| (verb) be sustained or supported or borne | - |
| (verb) be contingent on | Synonyms: depend on, depend upon, devolve on, hinge on, hinge upon, turn on |
| ridge | (verb) form into a ridge | - |
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| (verb) spade into alternate ridges and troughs | - |
| (verb) throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides | - |
| (verb) plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip | - |
| (verb) extend in ridges | - |
| ridicule | (verb) subject to laughter or ridicule | Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, roast |
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| riff | (verb) play riffs | - |
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| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riffle, thumb |
| riffle | (verb) shuffle (playing cards) by separating the deck into two parts and riffling with the thumbs so the cards intermix | - |
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| (verb) twitch or flutter | Synonyms: flick, ruffle |
| (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, ripple, ruffle, undulate |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riff, thumb |
| rifle | (verb) go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way | Synonyms: go |
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| (verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, strip |
| rig | (verb) equip with sails or masts | Synonyms: set, set up |
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| (verb) connect or secure to | - |
| (verb) manipulate in a fraudulent manner | Synonyms: manipulate |
| (verb) arrange the outcome of by means of deceit | Synonyms: set up |
| right | (verb) make right or correct | Synonyms: correct, rectify |
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| (verb) regain an upright or proper position | - |
| (verb) put in or restore to an upright position | - |
| (verb) make reparations or amends for | Synonyms: compensate, correct, redress |
| rigidify | (verb) become rigid | - |
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| (verb) make rigid and set into a conventional pattern | Synonyms: ossify, petrify |
| rile | (verb) make turbid by stirring up the sediments of | Synonyms: roil |
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| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, vex |
| rim | (verb) roll around the rim of | - |
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| (verb) furnish with a rim | - |
| (verb) run around the rim of | - |
| rime | (verb) compose rhymes | Synonyms: rhyme |
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| (verb) be similar in sound, especially with respect to the last syllable | Synonyms: rhyme |
| ring | (verb) get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone | Synonyms: call, call up, phone, telephone |
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| (verb) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify | Synonyms: band |
| (verb) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle | Synonyms: border, environ, skirt, surround |
| (verb) sound loudly and sonorously | Synonyms: peal |
| (verb) make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification | Synonyms: knell |
| (verb) ring or echo with sound | Synonyms: echo, resound, reverberate |
| rinse | (verb) rinse one's mouth and throat with mouthwash | Synonyms: gargle |
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| (verb) wash off soap or remaining dirt | Synonyms: rinse off |
| (verb) clean with some chemical process | Synonyms: wash |
| riot | (verb) take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot | - |
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| (verb) engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking | Synonyms: carouse, roister |
| rip | (verb) criticize or abuse strongly and violently | - |
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| (verb) tear or be torn violently | Synonyms: pull, rend, rive |
| (verb) cut (wood) along the grain | - |
| (verb) move precipitously or violently | - |
| (verb) take without the owner's consent | Synonyms: rip off, steal |
| ripen | (verb) grow ripe | - |
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| (verb) cause to ripen or develop fully | Synonyms: mature |
| riposte | (verb) answer back | Synonyms: come back, rejoin, repay, retort, return |
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| (verb) make a return thrust | - |
| ripple | (verb) stir up (water) so as to form ripples | Synonyms: cockle, riffle, ruffle, undulate |
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| (verb) flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise | Synonyms: babble, bubble, burble, guggle, gurgle |
| rise | (verb) return from the dead | Synonyms: resurrect, uprise |
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| (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: arise, get up, turn out, uprise |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: climb, go up |
| (verb) become more extreme | Synonyms: heighten |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, wax |
| (verb) rise in rank or status | Synonyms: climb up, jump |
| (verb) exert oneself to meet a challenge | - |
| (verb) become heartened or elated | - |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, uprise |
| (verb) increase in volume | Synonyms: prove |
| (verb) come to the surface | Synonyms: come up, rise up, surface |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: arise, get up, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move to a better position in life or to a better job | Synonyms: ascend, move up |
| (verb) come up, of celestial bodies | Synonyms: ascend, come up, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: arise, rebel, rise up |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rear |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: arise, develop, grow, originate, spring up, uprise |
| risk | (verb) expose to a chance of loss or damage | Synonyms: lay on the line, put on the line |
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| (verb) take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome | Synonyms: adventure, chance, gamble, hazard, run a risk, take a chance, take chances |
| ritualise | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualize |
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| ritualize | (verb) make or evolve into a ritual | Synonyms: ritualise |
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| rival | (verb) be the rival of, be in competition with | - |
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| (verb) be equal to in quality or ability | Synonyms: equal, match, touch |
| rive | (verb) tear or be torn violently | Synonyms: pull, rend, rip |
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| (verb) separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument | Synonyms: cleave, split |
| rivet | (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore |
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| (verb) hold (someone's attention) | - |
| (verb) fasten with a rivet or rivets | - |