remedy, v. heal, cure, repair, relieve, redress, alleviate, assuage, palliate.
remedy, n. medicine, cure, antidote, corrective, specific, restorative, panacea, alterant, carminative, medicament, arcanum, prescription, nostrum, elixir, balm; reparation, cure, redress, aid, relief.
remember, v. recollect, recall.
remembrance, n. recollection, memory, reminiscence; souvenir, keepsake, memento, memorial, trophy, reminder. Antonyms: forgetfulness, amnesia, amnesty, oblivion.
remembrancer, n. memento, souvenir, keepsake, trophy, memorial.
reminder, n. remembrancer.
remiss, a. negligent, derelict, careless, slack, heedless, neglectful.
remission, n. surrender, relinquishment; discharge, acquittance; abatement, assuagement, mitigation, subsidence; absolution, exculpation, forgiveness.
remmnant, n. remainder, residue, rest; fragment, piece.
remonstrance, n. expostulation, protest, protestation.
remonstrant, a. expostulatory, remonstrative.
remonstrate, v. expostulate, protest.
remonstrative, a. expostulatory, remonstrant.
remorse, n. self-reproach, sorrow, regret, penitence; pity, compassion, sympathy.
remorseless, a. implacable, ruthless, merciless, unmerciful.
remote, a. distant.
remoteness, n. distance.
removal, n. displacement, dislodgement, transference, expulsion, elimination, dismissal, discharge, ejection, dispossession, divestiture, extraction.
remove, v. move, displace, transfer, dislodge; dismiss, discharge, divest, dispossess, eject; extract, isolate, abstract, withdraw.
remuneration, n. See pay.
remunerative, a. profitable, lucrative.
rend, v. tear, rive, lacerate, cleave, sunder.
render, v. repay, restore; translate, interpret, construe; extract, try out; yield up, contribute.
rendering, n. repayment, restoration; contribution, surrender; translation, version; extraction.
rending, n. tearing asunder, laceration, riving.
renegade, n. deserter, recreant, backslider, turncoat; rebel, traitor; vagabond, outcast.
renew, v. renovate, rejuvenate, restore, rebuild, remodel, reconstruct, revamp, redintegrate, repair; regenerate, transform.
renewal, n. renovation, repair, restoration, redintegration, reconstruction, rejuvenation, regeneration.
renounce, v. disclaim, disown, repudiate, reject; forswear, abjure, forsake.
renouncement, n. renunciation, abnegation, repudiation, abdication, rejection.
renovation, n. restoration, renewal, rehabilitation, reconstruction.
renown, n. celebrity, repute, fame, notoriety, note.
renowned, a. famous, celebrated, eminent, far-famed, illustrious. Antonyms: unrenowned, obscure, inglorious, unknown.
renter, n. lessee, tenant.
renunciation, n. abjuration, denial, disownment, disclaimer, abnegation.
repair, v. mend, restore, patch, tinker, revamp, darn, cobble, remodel; indemnify, redress, atone for, retrieve, regain.
repair, n. renovation, restoration, reconstruction, reparation, rehabilitation.
reparable, a. restorable, retrievable. Antonyms: irreparable, irretrievable.
reparation, n. restoration, rehabilitation, instauration, renovation; atonement, restitution.
repartee, n. bon mot.
repay, v. refund, restore, reimburse; recompense, requite; revenge, avenge, retaliate.
repayment, n. restoration, reimbursement; recompense, requital; retaliation, revenge.
repeal, v. revoke, rescind, abrogate.
repeal, n. revocation, rescission, abrogation.
repeat, v. iterate, reiterate, verbigerate.
repeating, n. repetition, iteration, reiteration; verbigeration.
repel, v. repulse, rebuff, resist, oppose.
repellence, n. repulsion, rebuff, opposition.
repellent, a. repulsive, repelling.
repentance, n. penitence, contrition, compunction, remorse. Antonym: impenitence.
repentant, a. contrite, penitent. Antonyms: unrepentant, impenitent.
repetition, n. iteration, reiteration, recurrence; verbigeration; tautology; echo, rote; recapitulation; reverberation.
replace, v. restore, refund, repay.
replacement, n. restoration, reinstatement.
repletion, n. excess, superabundance, surfeit; plethora.
reply, v. answer, respond, rejoin, retort.
reply, n. answer, response, rejoinder; retort, repartee.
report, n. rumor, on dit, hearsay, bruit; account, statement, communication; fame, repute, reputation; sound, noise, repercussion, detonation, discharge, explosion; cahier; description, narrative, narration, recital.
report, v. announce, communicate, describe; bruit, circulate, promulgate, publish. Antonyms: suppress, withhold, reserve.
repose, n. rest, inactivity, motionlessness; composure, tranquillity.
repository, n. depository, storehouse, depot, magazine.
represent, v. show, typify, symbolize; personate, impersonate; portray, delineate, depict.
representative, a. delegated, vicarious; typical, figurative, symbolical, emblematic.
representative, n. deputy, delegate, vicar, proxy, agent, substitute, vicegerent, surrogate, regent, commissioner, envoy, emissary, ambassador, exponent.
repress, v. quell, subdue, suppress, overpower, restrain, curb, stifle.
repression, n. suppression, restraint, quelling, check.
reproach, v. censure, upbraid, rebuke, reprimand, revile, chide, vilify.
reproach, n. censure, scurrility, contumely, invective, odium, obloquy, shame, disgrace.
reproachful, a. upbraiding, opprobrious, abusive; shameful, disgraceful, scandalous.
reprobate, a. abandoned, depraved, profligate, incorrigible.--n.castaway, outcast, wretch.
reprobate, v. condemn, denounce, reject, abandon.
reprobation, n. condemnation, denunciation, censure abandonment.
reproduce, v. portray, duplicate, imitate; generate, beget, propagate.
reproduction, n. duplication, copy, imitation; generation, procreation, propagation.
reproof, n. See censure.
reprovable, a. culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blamable, reproachable.
reprove, v. See censure.
repudiate, v. reject, renounce, disavow, abjure, disclaim.
repudiation, n. disavowal, rejection, abjuration, disclaimer, disowning.
repugnance, n. aversion, reluctance, unwillingness, hostility, antipathy.
repugnant, a. hostile, contrary, refractory, adverse, offensive, antagonistic, opposed.
repulse, n. repulsion, repelling, rejection, refusal, rebuff.
repulsive, a. repellent, offensive, forbidding, revolting.
reputation, n. repute, name, credit, esteem, honor.
repute, n. reputation, esteem, credit.
reputed, a. putative.
request, n. asking, solicitation, demand, instance, prayer, petition, entreaty, suit, quest.
request, v. ask, supplicate, petition, beg, entreat, importune, beseech.
require, v. demand, claim, exact, need, want, necessitate, enjoin.
requirement, n. demand, requisition, requisite; command, essential, need.
requisite, a. necessary, required, essential, indispensable.
requital, n. recompense, remuneration, retribution, recaliation, reprisal.
requite, v. compensate, remunerate, repay, pay, retaliate, avenge, reciprocate.
rescue, n. deliverance, liberation, salvation, ransom, extrication, disentanglement.
rescue, v. release, deliver, liberate, recapture, redeem, save, extricate, disenthrall.
resemblance, n. likeness, similitude, similarity, analogy, parity, semblance.
resentment, n. dudgeon, umbrage, displeasure, grudge.
reserve, n. reticence, constraint, uncommunicativeness, taciturnity, restraint.
reserved, a. retained, withheld, excepted; uncommunicative, reticent, taciturn, restrained.
residence, n. dwelling, domiciliation, abode, habitancy, habitation, domicile, home.
resident, n. denizen, inhabitant, dweller, residentiary.
residue, n. remainder, remnant, residuum, rest, balance; surplus, excess.
resign, v. demit, abdicate, withdraw, surrender, relinquish, submit.
resignation, n. surrender, abdication, demit; forbearance, fortitude, long-suffering, patience.
resigned, a. surrendered; uncomplaining, submissive, patient.
resist, v. oppose, withstand, impugn, oppugn, defy, baffle, contravene, rebuff.
resistance, n. opposition, renitence, recalcitration, oppugnation, antagonism, rebuff.
resistant, a. resisting, opposing, renitent.
resistless, a. irresistible.
resolute, a. determined, unwavering, unflinching, steadfast, firm, pertinacious.
resolution, n. firmness, determination, pertinacity, persistence, steadfastness, constancy; resolve, purpose, determination; decomposition, solution, dissolution.
resolvable, a. solvable, resoluble, dissolvable.
resolve, v. determine; dissolve, liquefy.
resolve, n. resolution, determination, intention, purpose, design.
resonance, n. reverberation.
resonant, a. resounding, reverberating.
resound, v. reverberate, reëcho, peal.
resound, n. echo, reverberation.
resounder, n. resonator, reverberator.
resounding, a. resonant.
resource, n. resort, expedient, device, shift.
resources, n. pl. assets, means.
respect, n. care, caution, regard; esteem, veneration, deference, reverence, homage, obeisance; reference, regard; particular, feature. Antonyms: See disrespect.
respect, v. esteem, venerate, revere, honor, reverence.
respectable, a. reputable, honorable, estimable; moderate, fair, average.
respectful, a. deferential, courteous, polite, obeisant, reverent. Antonyms: disrespectful, discourteous, defiant, irreverent.
respective, a. relative; particular, own.
respect of persons. partiality, favoritism.
respects, n. pl. compliments, regards, devoirs.
response, n. reply, answer, rejoinder, retort, repartee, antiphon, antiphone, antiphony.
responsibility, n. accountability, liability; duty, trust.
responsible, a. accountable, answerable, amenable. Antonyms: irresponsible, unaccountable, independent.
responsive, a. responding, antiphonal.
responsory, n. antiphone, antiphony, antiphonary.
rest, n. quiet, quietness, inactivity, repose, ease, tranquillity, quiescence, stillness, stagnation, security, cessation, abeyance, intermission, respite, reprieve, pause, recess, sabbatism; cæsura, pause; support, stay, brace; residue, remainder, balance, residuum, others; surplus. Antonyms: activity, agitation, unrest, commotion.
rest, v. stop, halt, pause, desist; repose, recline, lie; trust, rely, depend, acquiesce.
restaurant, n. café, eating-house, chophouse, refectory, buffet.
restaurant keeper. restaurateur.
rest house. caravansary (in Eastern countries).
resting, a. reclining, lying, incumbent.
resting on something else. superincumbent.--n. superincumbence.
restitution, n. repayment, restoration, return, indemnification; reparation, requital, compensation.
restive, a. restless, impatient, fidgety, intractable, uneasy, fractious, rebellious.
restless, a. restive, fidgety, agitated, unquiet, uneasy, kicksy-wicksy.