Synonyms of rabid

rabid

adjective

1

as in extreme

being very far from the center of public opinion

soccer fans whose rabid enthusiasm makes them go berserk when their team wins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extreme
• radical
• revolutionary
• fanatical
• fanatic
• extremist
• ultra
• violent
• wild
• revolutionist
• subversive
• reactionary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conservative
• moderate
• traditional
• middle-of-the-road
• conventional
• temperate
• liberal
• orthodox
• progressive
• nonrevolutionary
• unrevolutionary

2

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

he became rabid when the bank manager told him he would lose the family farm if he didn't pay the mortgage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• enraged
• indignant
• outraged
• mad
• infuriated
• angered
• ballistic
• furious
• infuriate
• passionate
• irate
• apoplectic
• sore
• inflamed
• incensed
• wrathful
• hot
• annoyed
• foaming
• irritable
• riled
• livid
• choleric
• steaming
• fuming
• hot under the collar
• in a huff
• hopping mad
• blue in the face
• enflamed
• in a fume
• ireful
• bent out of shape
• fit to be tied
• in a pet
• hopping
• virulent
• exasperated
• aggravated
• cheesed off
• wroth
• rankled
• ticked
• horn-mad
• shirty
• seething
• roiled
• going crook
• vengeful
• vitriolic
• vindictive
• raving
• malevolent
• ranting
• spiteful
• steamed up
• bristling
• embittered
• antagonistic
• riley
• boiling
• smoldering
• smouldering
• unpleasant
• rancorous
• cross
• burning
• antisocial
• resentful
• bristly
• teed off
• acrimonious
• petulant
• antipathetic
• belligerent
• huffy
• bilious
• irascible
• sizzling
• inimical
• sulky
• peevish
• acrid
• dyspeptic
• pugnacious
• disagreeable
• cantankerous
• bitter
• distant
• unfriendly
• wrought (up)
• ornery
• perturbed
• worked up
• fretful
• icy
• frigid
• grumpy
• churlish
• stormy
• disapproving
• inflammable
• cold
• snappish
• querulous
• grouchy
• ill-tempered
• testy
• quarrelsome
• piqued
• cranky
• crabby
• touchy
• bearish
• sorehead
• contrary
• contentious
• fussy
• disputatious
• argumentative
• cool
• ill-humored
• soreheaded
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• accepting
• pleased
• friendly
• amenable
• accommodating
• sympathetic
• complaisant
• agreeable
• content
• happy
• cordial
• satisfied
• angerless
• amicable
• tolerant
• obliging
• empathetic
• understanding
• kind
• sweet
• calm
• amiable
• peaceable
• good-natured
• placid
• pacific
• pleasant
• affable
• serene
• tranquil
• genial
• easygoing
• unembittered
• good-tempered

3

as in ferocious

marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity

rabid opposition expressed through turbulent protests

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ferocious
• violent
• fierce
• furious
• turbulent
• vicious
• volcanic
• explosive
• rough
• hot
• brutal
• convulsive
• aggressive
• cyclonic
• paroxysmal
• savage
• tempestuous
• tumultuous
• blood-and-guts
• hostile
• volatile
• knock-down-and-drag-out
• stormy
• hammer-and-tongs
• knock-down, drag-out
• bang-bang
• mad
• destructive
• belligerent
• frantic
• antagonistic
• contentious
• bellicose
• pugnacious
• barbarous
• combative
• frenzied
• truculent
• agitated
• quarrelsome
• assertive
• gladiatorial
• combustible
• cataclysmic
• ruinous
• cataclysmal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• nonviolent
• peaceable
• calm
• pacific
• serene
• tranquil
• halcyon
• unaggressive
• nonbelligerent

4

as in frantic

marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity

the rabid witch hunts that occurred in Salem in 1692, when 150 people were accused of witchcraft and imprisoned

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frantic
• furious
• fierce
• mad
• intense
• intensive
• ferocious
• violent
• frenzied
• delirious
• feverish
• frenetic
• wild
• excessive
• vehement
• concentrated
• crazed
• extreme
• undue
• irrational
• inordinate
• demented
• maniacal
• deranged
• lunatic
• immoderate
• exorbitant
• crazy
• insane
• unconscionable
• extravagant
• lavish
• overweening
• maniac
• high-pressured
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderate
• quiet
• calm
• reasonable
• undisturbed
• peaceful
• placid
• serene
• temperate
• tranquil
• subdued
• unperturbed
• casual
• relaxed
• sound
• sane
• balanced
• untroubled
• low-pressure
• easygoing