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.
rhyme, n. jingle, poetry.
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, Croeoeus, 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.