rave

Meaning

Noun

1. (informal) An enthusiastic review (such as of a play).
2. An all-night dance party with electronic dance music (techno, trance, drum and bass etc.) in small unknown clubs.
3. The genres of electronic dance music made to be played in rave parties.

Verb

1. To be mentally unclear; to be delirious; to talk or act irrationally; to be wild, furious, or raging.
2. To speak or write wildly or incoherently.
3. To talk with excessive enthusiasm, passion or excitement.
4. (obsolete) To rush wildly or furiously.
5. To attend a rave (dance party).

Verb

simple past of rive

Synonyms

rant

be delirious

rage

😡

jabber

blather

drivel

spout

mouth off

rampage

nonsense

speak nonsense

praise

rabbit on

babble

ramble

wander

wandering

raving

chatter

gush

be furious

hoopla

delirious

delirium

go berserk

go mad

hail

hallelujah

hallucinate

harangue

hit

holler

howl

hymn

laud

maffick

maunder

orate

paean

panegyric

preach

rail

reef

rhapsodize

roam

roar

run amok

run riot

smash

smash hit

snarl

speechify

storm

stray

take in

preachify

tout

troll

🧌

twaddle

ululate

yell

yelp

yowl

apotheose

apotheosise

apotheosize

backslap

ensky

hold forth

rave-up

be possessed

rhapsodise

extolment

rave party

speak in delirium

acclaim

acid-house

acid test

applaud

bellow

blare

blether

blither

blockbuster

bluster

brawl

carry away

celebrate

chat

clamor

clamour

commend

drool

encomium

eulogize

eulogy

extol

fulminate

gabble

glorify

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹeɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English raven (“to rave; talk like a madman”), from Old French raver, variant of resver, of uncertain origin. Compare rove.