Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus - Merriam-Webster [1117]
2r abbreviation, often cap 1 rabbi
2 radius
3 rare
4 Republican
5 rerun
6 resistance
7 right
8 river
9 roentgen
10 rook
11 run
Ra symbol radium
RA abbreviation 1 regular army
2 Royal Academy
1rabbet noun : a groove in the edge or face of a surface (as a board) esp. to receive another piece
2rabbet verb : to cut a rabbet in; also : to join by means of a rabbet
rab·bi noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. OE, fr. LL, fr. Gk rhabbi, fr. Heb rabbī my master, fr. rabh master + -ī my]
1 : MASTER, TEACHER — used by Jews as a term of address
2 : a Jew trained and ordained for professional religious leadership
— rab·bin·ic or rab·bin·i·cal adjective
rab·bin·ate noun 1 : the office of a rabbi
2 : the whole body of rabbis
rab·bit noun, plural rabbit or rabbits : any of various long-eared short-tailed burrowing mammals distinguished from the related hares by being blind, furless, and helpless at birth; also : the pelt of a rabbit
rabbit ears noun plural : an indoor V-shaped television antenna
rabble noun 1 : MOB 2
2 : the lowest class of people
Synonyms
riffraff, scum, trash; also dregs; herd, masses, mob, people, populace, public, rank and file; bourgeoisie, middle class, working class
Antonyms
aristocracy, elite, gentry, society, upper class, upper crust
rab·ble–rous·er noun : one that stirs up (as to hatred or violence) the masses of the people
Synonyms
agitator, demagogue, firebrand, incendiary, inciter—more at AGITATOR
ra·bid adjective 1 : extremely violent : FURIOUS
2 : being fanatical or extreme
3 : affected with rabies
— ra·bid·ly adverb
Synonyms
[1] angry, boiling, enraged, fierce, frenzied, furious, irate, mad, sore, violent—more at ANGRY
[2] extreme, extremist, fanatic, radical, revolutionary, ultra—more at EXTREME
ra·bies noun, plural rabies [ORIGIN: NL, fr. L, madness]
: an acute deadly virus disease of the nervous system transmitted by the bite of an affected animal
rac·coon noun, plural raccoon or raccoons : a gray No. American chiefly tree-dwelling mammal with a black mask, a bushy ringed tail, and nocturnal habits; also : its pelt
1race noun 1 : a strong current of running water; also : its channel
2 : an onward course (as of time or life)
3 : a contest of speed
4 : a contest for a desired end (as election to office)
2race verb raced; rac·ing 1 : to run in a race
2 : to run swiftly : RUSH
3 : to engage in a race with
4 : to drive or ride at high speed
— rac·er noun
Synonyms
[1] barrel, career, course, dash, fly, hasten, hurry, hurtle, hustle, pelt, rip, rocket, run, rush, shoot, speed, tear, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom—more at HURRY
[3] battle, compete, contend, fight, vie—more at COMPETE
3race noun 1 : a family, tribe, people, or nation of the same stock
2 : a group of individuals within a biological species able to breed together
3 : a category of humankind that shares certain distinctive physical traits
— ra·cial adjective
— ra·cial·ly adverb
Synonyms
blood, clan, family, folk, house, kin, kindred, kinfolk, line, lineage, people, stock, tribe—more at FAMILY
race·course noun : a course for racing
race·horse noun : a horse bred or kept for racing
ra·ceme noun [ORIGIN: L racemus bunch of grapes]
: a flower cluster with flowers borne along a stem and blooming from the base toward the tip
— rac·e·mose adjective
race·track noun : a usu. oval course on which races are run
race·way noun 1 : a channel for a current of water
2 : RACECOURSE
Synonyms
aqueduct, canal, channel, conduit, flume, watercourse—more at CHANNEL
ra·cial adjective 1 : of, relating to, or based on a race 2 : existing or occurring between races <~ equality> — ra·cial·ly adverb ra·cial·ism noun : a theory that race determines human traits and capacities; also : RACISM — ra·cial·ist noun — ra·cial·is·tic adjective ra·cial·ize verb –ized; -iz·ing : to give a racial character to racing form noun : a paper giving data about racehorses