Entry Word: rank

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 growing thickly and vigorously <covered with trumpet vines so rank you couldnʼt see the trellis beneath them>

Synonyms lush, luxuriant, prosperous, rampant, weedy

Related Words lavish, profuse; overgrown, overrun; close, dense, thick

Near Antonyms dormant; blighted, stunted

Antonyms sparse

2 having an unpleasant smell <Mr. Pinfold and his rank cigars usually send me running for fresh air> — see malodorous
3 very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad <the article about fairy tales was full of rank errors, such as a reference to “Cinderella biting into the poisoned apple”> — see egregious