Entry Word: rampant

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 showing no signs of being under control <the mayor promised to put a stop to the rampant crime that plagued the city>

Synonyms intemperate, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled, uncurbed, ungoverned, unhampered, unhindered, unrestrained

Related Words uncontrollable, ungovernable; immoderate; riotous, uninhibited, wild

Near Antonyms moderate, tempered

Antonyms checked, controlled, curbed, hampered, hindered, restrained, temperate

2 growing thickly and vigorously <try to avoid the patch of rampant poison ivy near the resting spot on the trail> — see rank 1