Synonyms of rages

rages 1 of 2

noun

plural of rage

as in crazes

a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time

there was time when playing with Frisbees was all the rage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crazes
• enthusiasms
• trends
• vogues
• styles
• buzzes
• fashions
• modes
• fads
• tons
• last words
• sensations
• flavors
• passions
• chics
• hot tickets
• fusses
• dernier cris
• fervors
• crusades
• infatuations
• new waves
• crushes
• novelties
• furors
• cults
• movements
• uproars
• whims
• caprices
• wrinkles
• nine days' wonders
• fancies
• bandwagons
• to-dos
• hullabaloos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• standards
• classics

rages

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rage

1

as in storms

to express one's anger usually violently

the series of bad calls prompted the coach to rage about the refereeing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• storms
• fumes
• bristles
• rampages
• runs amok
• makes a scene
• raves
• blusters
• fulminates
• seethes
• steams
• rants
• smolders
• flares (up)
• foams
• frets
• burns
• takes on
• blows up
• flips (out)
• carries on
• chafes
• stews

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothes
• contains
• restrains
• allays
• suppresses
• collects
• curbs
• subdues
• reins
• checks
• smothers
• swallows
• represses
• stifles
• tones (down)
• composes
• strangles
• tempers
• moderates
• appeases
• pacifies
• pockets
• chokes (back)
• eases
• relaxes
• calms
• cools
• settles
• quiets
• stills
• quells
• hushes
• lets up

2

as in steams

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

still raging about his assistant's burnt pies, the pastry cook forgot to add the egg whites to his cake batter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• steams
• storms
• burns
• boils
• seethes
• fumes
• foams
• shakes
• rankles
• agitates
• sizzles
• rants
• raves
• smolders
• inflames
• sees red
• fulminates
• bristles
• chafes
• flares (up)
• convulses
• roils
• frets
• stews

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rages

Noun

The more Vision rages, the calmer and more reasonable Ultron becomes. — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026

Foster, a defense contractor who’s just lost his job, rages at the burdens of everyday life in America, and thinks the world is working against certain people. — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026

Until there is, the debate over the sustainability of the memory cycle and the appropriate earnings multiple rages on. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

The depiction of schizophrenia on screen — especially in horror movies — has largely seen the mental health condition linked to violent and unpredictable rages, showing people when something has gone horribly wrong. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 25 Sep. 2026

By defying those distinctions, terrorists reproduce the worst of nature’s rages. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

The attacks forced people to choose between staying or risking travel to other parts of the province where the fastest-spreading Ebola outbreak in history rages. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026

His comments in an interview with the FT published Wednesday come as an intense debate rages in Washington over how the US should regulate the fast-developing technology and respond to increasingly sophisticated Chinese competition. — Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Fear provoked his legendary rages—breaking chairs, throwing things, cutting people out of his life. — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Verb

Elsewhere, the war rages on A Russian drone strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight wounded five people, including a 4-year-old child, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026

While that debate rages on, what is clear is Meta's own lab, which is now very much pumping out frontier-level models , isn't being valued anywhere near the levels of Anthropic and OpenAI. — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

And as the war rages on some four years later, SpaceX’s terminals are once again making headlines. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 15 Oct. 2026

Not surprisingly, the ballooning price of oil was the driving force behind the inflationary bump as the war in Iran rages on and energy exports remain tied up in the Strait of Hormuz. — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Neither Shaggy nor Kartel has made any new comments, but all eyes are on the two superstars as the debate rages on in their comment sections, with their fervent fan bases warring on their behalf. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 28 Sep. 2026

But for now the war rages on, dividing some communities in Ukraine through Russian propaganda videos. — Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2026

This is our introduction to He and She, two clownish, pugilistic lovers who are locked in a war of words, even as a literal war rages outside. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026

Though the former couple finalized their divorce in December 2024, their legal battle over Château Miraval rages on. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 14 Sep. 2026