| rapacious | (adjective) excessively greedy and grasping | Synonyms: ravening, voracious |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
| (adjective) devouring or craving food in great quantities | Synonyms: edacious, esurient, ravening, ravenous, voracious, wolfish |
| rapaciously | (adverb) in a rapacious manner | - |
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| 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 |
| (verb) destroy and strip of its possession | Synonyms: despoil, plunder, spoil, violate |
| (verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, outrage, ravish, violate |
| raped | (adjective) having been robbed and destroyed by force and violence | Synonyms: despoiled, pillaged, ravaged, sacked |
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| 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 | (adjective) done or occurring in a brief period of time | - |
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| (adjective) characterized by speed; moving with or capable of moving with high speed | Synonyms: speedy |
| (noun) a part of a river where the current is very fast | - |
| rapidity | (noun) a rate that is rapid | Synonyms: celerity, quickness, rapidness, speediness |
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| rapidly | (adverb) with speed | Synonyms: apace, chop-chop, in short order, quickly, speedily |
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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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| (verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: abseil, rope down |
| 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 |
| rapt | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapturous, rhapsodic |
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| (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped |
| raptor | (noun) any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals | Synonyms: bird of prey, raptorial bird |
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| raptorial | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of birds of prey | - |
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| (adjective) living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey | Synonyms: predatory, rapacious, ravening, vulturine, vulturous |
| 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 |
| rapturous | (adjective) feeling great rapture or delight | Synonyms: ecstatic, enraptured, rapt, rhapsodic |
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| rapturously | (adverb) in an ecstatic manner | Synonyms: ecstatically, rhapsodically |
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| 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 |
| rare | (adjective) marked by an uncommon quality; especially superlative or extreme of its kind | Synonyms: uncommon |
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| (adjective) recurring only at long intervals | - |
| (adjective) (of meat) cooked a short time; still red inside | - |
| (adjective) not widely distributed | - |
| (adjective) having low density | Synonyms: rarefied, rarified |
| (adjective) not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness | - |
| rarebit | (noun) cheese melted with ale or beer served over toast | Synonyms: Welsh rabbit, Welsh rarebit |
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| rarefaction | (noun) a decrease in the density of something | - |
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| rarefied | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarified, sublime |
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| (adjective) having low density | Synonyms: rare, rarified |
| rarefy | (verb) weaken the consistency of (a chemical substance) | Synonyms: attenuate |
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| (verb) make more subtle or refined | Synonyms: sublimate, subtilize |
| (verb) lessen the density or solidity of | - |
| rarely | (adverb) not often | Synonyms: seldom |
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| rareness | (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: infrequency, rarity |
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| rarified | (adjective) of high moral or intellectual value; elevated in nature or style | Synonyms: elevated, exalted, grand, high-flown, high-minded, idealistic, lofty, noble-minded, rarefied, sublime |
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| (adjective) having low density | Synonyms: rare, rarefied |
| rarify | (verb) make more complex, intricate, or richer | Synonyms: complicate, elaborate, refine |
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| raring | (adjective) (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness | Synonyms: impatient |
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| rariora | (noun) (plural) rare collector's items | - |
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| rarity | (noun) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity |
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| (noun) a rarified quality | Synonyms: low density, tenuity |
| (noun) noteworthy scarcity | Synonyms: infrequency, rareness |
| rascal | (noun) one who is playfully mischievous | Synonyms: imp, monkey, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag, scamp |
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| (noun) a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel | Synonyms: knave, rapscallion, rogue, scalawag, scallywag, varlet |
| rascality | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, mischievousness, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| (noun) the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks | Synonyms: prankishness, roguishness |
| (noun) the quality of being a slippery rascal | Synonyms: shiftiness, slipperiness, trickiness |
| rascally | (adjective) lacking principles or scruples | Synonyms: blackguardly, roguish, scoundrelly |
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| (adjective) playful in an appealingly bold way | Synonyms: devilish, roguish |
| rase | (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, level, pull down, raze, take down, tear down |
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| rash | (adjective) marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences | Synonyms: foolhardy, heady, reckless |
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| (adjective) imprudently incurring risk | - |
| (noun) a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences | Synonyms: blizzard |
| (noun) any red eruption of the skin | Synonyms: efflorescence, roseola, skin rash |
| rasher | (noun) a commercially important fish of the Pacific coast of North America | Synonyms: Sebastes miniatus, vermillion rockfish |
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| rashly | (adverb) in a hasty and foolhardy manner | Synonyms: headlong |
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| rashness | (noun) the trait of giving little thought to danger | Synonyms: foolhardiness, recklessness |
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| (noun) the trait of acting rashly and without prudence | Synonyms: heedlessness, mindlessness |
| rasp | (noun) a coarse file with sharp pointed projections | Synonyms: wood file |
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| (noun) uttering in an irritated tone | Synonyms: rasping |
| (verb) utter in a grating voice | - |
| (verb) scrape with a rasp | - |
| raspberry | (noun) a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt | Synonyms: bird, boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, hoot, razz, razzing, snort |
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| (noun) red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries | - |
| (noun) woody brambles bearing usually red but sometimes black or yellow fruits that separate from the receptacle when ripe and are rounder and smaller than blackberries | Synonyms: raspberry bush |
| raspiness | (noun) (of sound) The state or characteristic of being rough or raw, especially used to describe vocal quality. | - |
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| rasping | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, raspy, rough, scratchy |
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| (noun) uttering in an irritated tone | Synonyms: rasp |
| raspingly | (adverb) in a harsh and grating manner | Synonyms: gratingly, harshly |
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| raspy | (adjective) unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound | Synonyms: grating, gravelly, rasping, rough, scratchy |
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| rassling | (noun) the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed contestants who try to throw each other down | Synonyms: grappling, wrestling |
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| raster | (noun) the rectangular formation of parallel scanning lines that guide the electron beam on a television screen or a computer monitor | - |
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| rasterize | (verb) convert (an image) into pixels | - |
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| rat | (noun) any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse | - |
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| (noun) a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure | - |
| (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
| (noun) someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike | Synonyms: blackleg, scab, strikebreaker |
| (noun) one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority | Synonyms: betrayer, blabber, informer, squealer |
| (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
| (verb) catch rats, especially with dogs | - |
| (verb) give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat | - |
| (verb) desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage | - |
| (verb) take the place of work of someone on strike | Synonyms: blackleg, fink, scab |
| (verb) employ scabs or strike breakers in | - |
| ratability | (noun) the quality of being capable of being rated or estimated | - |
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| (noun) the state of being liable to assessment or taxation | Synonyms: rateability |
| ratable | (adjective) liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes | Synonyms: rateable |
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| ratables | (noun) property that provides tax income for local governments | Synonyms: rateables |
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| ratafee | (noun) sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds | Synonyms: ratafia |
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| ratafia | (noun) sweet liqueur made from wine and brandy flavored with plum or peach or apricot kernels and bitter almonds | Synonyms: ratafee |
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| (noun) macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur | Synonyms: ratafia biscuit |
| ratan | (noun) a switch made from the stems of the rattan palms | Synonyms: rattan |
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| rataplan | (noun) the sound made by beating a drum | Synonyms: drumbeat, rub-a-dub |
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| ratatouille | (noun) a vegetable stew; usually made with tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini, peppers, onion, and seasonings | - |
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| ratch | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratchet |
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| ratchet | (noun) mechanical device consisting of a toothed wheel or rack engaged with a pawl that permits it to move in only one direction | Synonyms: rachet, ratch |
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| (verb) move by degrees in one direction only | Synonyms: rachet up, ratchet down |
| rate | (noun) the relative speed of progress or change | Synonyms: pace |
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| (noun) amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis | Synonyms: charge per unit |
| (noun) a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure | - |
| (noun) a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit | - |
| (verb) assign a rank or rating to | Synonyms: grade, order, place, range, rank |
| (verb) estimate the value of | Synonyms: value |
| (verb) be worthy of or have a certain rating | - |
| rateability | (noun) the state of being liable to assessment or taxation | Synonyms: ratability |
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| rateable | (adjective) liable to payment of locally assessed property taxes | Synonyms: ratable |
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| rateables | (noun) property that provides tax income for local governments | Synonyms: ratables |
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| ratel | (noun) nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia | Synonyms: honey badger, Mellivora capensis |
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| ratepayer | (noun) a person who pays local rates (especially a householder) | - |
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| rates | (noun) a local tax on property | - |
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| rather | (adverb) to a degree (not used with a negative) | Synonyms: quite |
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| (adverb) more readily or willingly | Synonyms: preferably, sooner |
| (adverb) on the contrary | Synonyms: instead |
| (adverb) to some (great or small) extent | Synonyms: kind of, kinda, sort of |
| rathole | (noun) a small dirty uncomfortable room | - |
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| (noun) a hole (as in the wall of a building) made by rats | - |
| rathskeller | (noun) a tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall | - |
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| ratification | (noun) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it | Synonyms: confirmation |
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| ratified | (adjective) formally approved and invested with legal authority | Synonyms: sanctioned |
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| ratifier | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, indorser, subscriber |
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| ratify | (verb) approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation | Synonyms: sign |
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| rating | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | Synonyms: evaluation |
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| (noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, valuation |
| (noun) standing or position on a scale | - |
| (noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, paygrade |
| ratio | (noun) the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | Synonyms: proportion |
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| (noun) the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | - |
| ratiocinate | (verb) reason methodologically and logically | - |
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| ratiocination | (noun) logical and methodical reasoning | - |
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| (noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: conclusion |
| ratiocinative | (adjective) based on exact thinking | - |
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| ratiocinator | (noun) someone who reasons logically | Synonyms: reasoner |
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| ration | (noun) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel) | - |
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| (noun) a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) | - |
| (verb) distribute in rations, as in the army | Synonyms: ration out |
| (verb) restrict the consumption of a relatively scarce commodity, as during war | - |
| rational | (adjective) consistent with or based on or using reason | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers | - |
| (adjective) having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion) | - |
| (adjective) of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind | Synonyms: intellectual, noetic |
| (noun) an integer or a fraction | Synonyms: rational number |
| rationale | (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: principle |
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| rationalisation | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalization, systematisation, systematization |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalization |
| (noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalization |
| (noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalization |
| (noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalization |
| rationalise | (verb) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things | Synonyms: cut, prune, rationalize |
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| (verb) remove irrational quantities from | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) think rationally; employ logic or reason | Synonyms: rationalize |
| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, apologize, excuse, rationalize |
| (verb) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results | Synonyms: rationalize |
| rationalism | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: freethinking |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience | - |
| (noun) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth | - |
| rationalist | (adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of rationalism | - |
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| (noun) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | Synonyms: positivist |
| rationalistic | (adjective) of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of rationalism | - |
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