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, résumé.
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).
receptacle, n. container, repository.
reception, n. receipt, receiving; levee, soirée, function; acceptance, welcome, admittance.
recess, n. retreat, withdrawal, retirement; intermission; alcove, niche, nook, retreat; seclusion, privacy.
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.
reëcho, 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, preëmption.
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.
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. réchauffé.
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, reliquiæ, 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.