restlessness, n. restiveness, the fidgets, uneasiness, agitation, turbulence, dysphoria.
restoration, n. return, restitution, replacement, reinstatement, reparation; repatriation; renewal, renovation, redintegration, reconstruction, rehabilitation, instauration; recuperation, recovery.
restore, v. repair, renew, reconstruct, rehabilitate, redintegrate, remodel; replace, refund, return; repatriate; resuscitate, reestablish, revive.
restrain, v. repress, suppress, check, bridle, curb, constrain; abridge, circumscribe, limit, restrict, narrow; withhold, forbear; debar, prevent, interdict, prohibit.
restraint, n. repression, constraint, check, suppression; limitation, prevention; confinement, duress.
restrict, v. restrain, limit, confine, repress, curb, circumscribe.
restriction, n. restraint, constraint, confinement, repression, circumscription, limitation.
result, v. terminate, end, eventuate, redound, issue, accrue, ensue.
result, n. consequence, effect, issue, event, outcome, eventuation, sequence; decision, resolve.
résumé, n. recapitulation, summary, abstract.
resurrect, v. (Slang) disentomb, disinter, unbury, exhume.
resurrection, n. resurgence, revivification.
retain, v. keep, hold, reserve.
retainment, n. retention.
retaliate, v. avenge, requite, repay.
retaliation, n. revenge, requital, retribution.
retard, v. impede.
retarding, n. retardation.
retentive, a. tenacious. Antonyms: unretentive, irretentive.
reticence, n. reserve, uncommunicativeness, taciturnity.
reticent, a. taciturn, reserved, uncommunicative.
retinue, n. train, suite, followers.
retire, v. withdraw, retreat, recede, retrocede, leave, secede.
retired, a. secluded, sequestered, unfrequented, withdrawn.
retirement, n. withdrawal, seclusion, retreat.
retiring, a. diffident, shy, coy, shrinking, reserved, modest.
retract, v. recant, rescind, recall, disavow.
retraction, n. recantation, rescission, disavowal.
retreat, n. retirement, withdrawal; refuge, asylum, seclusion, privacy, fastness.
retreat, v. retire, withdraw, recede.
retrench, v. curtail, lessen, diminish, abridge; limit, confine.
retrenchment, n. diminution, curtailment, abridgment, lessening.
retribution, n. retaliation, repayment, requital.
retrograde, v. retrocede, recede, decline, deteriorate.
retrogression, n. retrogradation, decline, regression, deterioration.
return, v. restore, repay, refund, replace; recur, regress, reappear, revert; requite, retaliate, repay; repatriate.
return, n. restoration, restitution, repayment, requital, retribution, redress; recurrence, regress, reversion; repatriation, atavism; recrudescence; relapse.
returning, a. recurrent, recurring, intermittent.
reveal, v. disclose, unveil, expose, divulge, impart.
revel, n. carousal, festivity, saturnalia.
revel, v. carouse; luxuriate, wanton.
revelation, n. disclosure, divulgement, exposition, apocalypse.
reveler, n. carouser, bacchanal, roysterer, bacchant, bacchanalian.
revelry, n. reveling, carousal, wassail, saturnalia, riot, bacchanal.
revenge, v. avenge, retaliate, wreak vengeance.
revenge, n. vengeance, retaliation.
revengeful, a. vindictive, implacable, resentful, rancorous.
revenue, n. income.
reverberate, v. resound, reëcho.
reverberation, n. resonance, reëcho.
revere, v. venerate, reverence, honor, respect.
reverence, n. veneration.
reverence, v. revere, venerate.
reverent, a. reverential, humble.
reverse, v. invert; overthrow, subvert, overturn; revoke, annul, rescind, countermand.
reverse, n. opposite, contrary, counterpart; reversal; misfortune, failure.
reversion, n. succession; atavism; escheat.
review, v. reconsider, revise, reexamine, retrace.
review, n. reëxamination, reconsideration, retrospect, revision.
revile, v. vilify, traduce, asperse, reproach, malign, calumniate.
revilement, n. vilification, traducement, aspersion, reproach, calumniation, contumely.
reviling, a. scurrilous, vituperative, contumelious, reproachful, abusive.
revisal, n. revision, emendation, recension.
revision, n. revisal, recension, emendation.
revivable, a. resuscitable.
revival, n. revivification, reanimation, resuscitation, restoration, renaissance, renascence.
revivalist, n. evangelist.
revive, v. resuscitate, reanimate, quicken, revivify, reinspirit, revitalize, restore, reinspire, rally.
revivification, n. resuscitation, reanimation, revival, quickening.
revocation, n. recall, repeal, reversal, abjuration, recantation.
revoke, v. repeal, reverse, recant, rescind, abrogate, countermand, retract, abjure.
revolt, n. rebellion, sedition, uprising, mutiny, insurrection, insubordination, insurgency.
revolt, v. rebel, mutiny; disgust, nauseate, shock, offend.
revolter, n. insurgent, rebel, mutineer, renegade.
revolting, a. nauseating, repulsive, fulsome, abhorrent, disgusting.
revolution, n. rotation, gyration; rebellion, revolt.
revolve, v. rotate, spin, gyrate, turn; devolve; brood over, ruminate, ponder, consider.
revolver, n. pistol, repeater.
revolving, a. rotary, gyrating, gyratory, rotatory.--n. revolution, rotation.
reward, n. recompense, requital, guerdon, meed, remuneration premium, bonus, bounty, douceur, merit; honorarium; retribution, retaliation, penalty.
reward, v. requite, recompense.
rhymer, n. poetaster, versifier, rhymester, rhymist.
rib, n. costa. Associated words: costal, intercostal, sternal, asternal.
ribald, a. indelicate, gross, indecent, obscene, lewd.
ribaldry, n. obscenity, indecency, lewdness.
ribbon badge of honor. cordon.
rice refuse. shude.
rich, a. wealthy, opulent, affluent, well-to-do, moneyed; abundant, copious, bountiful, plentiful; fecund, fertile, luxuriant, prolific, exuberant, teeming, productive; sumptuous, luxurious; delicious, luscious, hearty, nutritive gorgeous, elegant, beautiful; vivid, bright, intense. Antonyms: poor, infertile, indigent, plain.
rich, n. (newly rich) Nouveau riche.
riches, n. pl. See wealth.
rich man. nabob, Crœoeus, Dives, plutocrat, millionaire.
richness, n. opulence, wealth, affluence; abundance, profusion; luxuriance, sumptuousness, costliness, elegance, fertility, fecundity. Antonyms: poverty, infertility.
rickets, n. rachitis.
rickety, a. ramshackle, dilapidated, tottering, crazy.
rid, a. free, clear, disencumbered.
rid, v. free, disburden, relieve, disencumber, dispose, dispatch.
riddance, n. deliverance, relief, disencumbrance.
riddle, n. enigma, puzzle, problem, rebus, crux, conundrum, paradox.
rider, n. equestrian, horseman; equestrienne (female), jockey, postilion.
ridge, n. crest; whelk.
ridicule, n. mockery, gibe, jeer, burlesque, raillery, satire, sarcasm, irony.
ridicule, v. deride, satirize, scoff, rally, banter, burlesque, lampoon, mock, scout, jeer, taunt, twit.
ridiculous, a. preposterous, absurd, farcical, burlesque, ludicrous.
riding boots. top boots.
riding on horseback. equestrianism, equitation.
rife, a. abounding, prevalent, plentiful, replete.
rifle, v. strip, fleece, despoil, pillage, devastate.
rift, n. cleft, fissure, crack, gap, crevice, cranny, break, chink.
rig, v. equip; bedizen, accouter.
rigging, n. dress, tackle, equipment, gear.
right, a. just, true, equitable, honest, rightful, lawful, correct, true, accurate, reasonable, ethical, condign, appropriate, proper, suitable, seemly, relevant, consistent, fortunate, auspicious, favorable; dexter, dextral, dextrorse.
right, v. correct, rectify, emend; make restitution, redress.
right, n. prerogative, privilege, immunity, exemption.
right, n. uprightness, rectitude, probity, integrity, propriety, justice, morality, virtue, equity; title, claim; authority. Associated words: ethics, casuistry, deontology, redress, ethology, aretology.
right along. continuously, constantly, uninterruptedly.
right away. immediately, straightway, right off, instantly, instanter, at once.
righteous, a. pious, religious, devout, godly, saintly; equitable, just, right.
righteousness, n. godliness, holiness, sanctity. Antonym: unrighteousness.
right-handed, a. dexterous.
right-handedness, n. dexterity, dextrality.
rigid, a. inflexible, stiff, unyielding, unpliant; rigorous, severe, austere, strict.
rigidity, n. stiffness, inflexibility, severity, rigor.
rigmarole, n. (Colloq.) nonsense, flummery, balderdash, twaddle.
rigor, n. rigidity, inflexibility, austerity, severity, asperity, sternness, inclemency, stringency.
rigorous, a. severe, stringent, strict, unyielding; inclement, severe.
rile, v. (Colloq.) roil; anger, vex, offend.
rill, n. streamlet, rivulet, runnel, brook.
rily, a. (Colloq.) roily, turbid.
rim, n. brim, margin, edge, brink, verge, border; felly (rim of a wheel).
rime, n. hoarfrost.
rind, n. skin, peel. Antonym: pulp.
ring, v. sound, resound, reverberate; toll, knell, chime, ding, tinkle, clang.
ring, n. circle, hoop; grommet, gimmal, terret, manilla, lute; annulation, annulet. Associated words: annular, annularity, annulate, signet, dactyliology, dactylioglyphy, dactylioglyph, cameo, intaglio, lapidary, lapidist, posy.
ring, n. arena; clique, coterie, set, cabal.
ringing, n. sounding, resounding, reverberation, tolling, clang, chime, clam, tinkling, knell, clangor.
ringlet, n. tress, curl, lock.
ringworm, n. circular herpes, serpigo.
riot, n. tumult, uproar; revelry.
rioter, n. reveler, carouser, roysterer.
riotous, a. wanton, luxuriant, unrestrained; seditious, tumultuous, turbulent, insubordinate, rebellious.
rip, n. (Slang) harridan, hag.
ripe, a. mature, ripened; consummate, complete, perfect; suppurated, matured; rareripe.
ripeness, n. maturity, completeness, consummateness, development.
ripple, v. fret.
rise, v. ascend, mount, arise, levitate; tower; swell, increase, grow, enlarge; emerge; proceed, spring, emanate, originate; rebel, revolt; transcend (rise above).
rise, n. ascent; spring, source, origin, beginning; increase, advance, appreciation, augmentation; elevation, hill, knoll.
rise again. resurge.
risible, a. funny, ludicrous. See laughable.
rising, a. ascending, ascendant.
rising, n. ascent, ascension, rise, levitation, levee, emergence; insurrection, uprising.
rising again. resurrection, resurgence.--a. resurgent.
risk, n. unsafety, danger, peril, jeopardy, hazard, imperilment.
risk, v. hazard, endanger, peril, imperil, jeopard, jeopardize.
risky, a. hazardous, unsafe, perilous, jeopardous, dangerous, precarious.
rite, n. ceremony, ordinance.
ritual, n. liturgy, consuetudinary.
rival, n. competitor, emulator, antagonist.--a. competing, competitive, emulative.
rival, v. compete, emulate.
rivalry, n. competition, emulation, contention.
riven, a. cleft, split, rent asunder.
river, n. Associated words: potamology, potamography, riparian, riparious, fluvial, levee, wady, estuary, fluviatic, fluviatile, bayou, pothole, dredge, fluvicoline, fluviograph, fluviometer, crevasse, anadron, tributary, embouchure, barrage.