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 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

With the war now in its fifth year, fighting rages along more than 745 miles of the ​frontline, and Russia ​launches hundreds of ⁠drones in nearly nightly attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. — Reuters, NBC news, 27 June 2026

The Science of Remediation As the legal battle rages, scientists are racing to clean up the legacy of decades of PFAS use. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 3 June 2026

Gross grew up in a typical middle-class Jewish household in Long Island, but her father often flew into violent rages which her mother enabled. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026

No country appears willing to try and open the strait by force while fighting rages and Iran can target vessels with anti-ship missiles, drones, attack craft and mines. — Jill Lawless, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026

If the debate over City Hall’s future rages into the summer, the Mavericks can pivot to the 110-acre former home of Valley View, which was demolished in 2021. — Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 25 Mar. 2026

Verb

Scientists believe the planet might have looked something like the Mojave Desert on Earth, with water flowing through it, but the debate rages on. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2026

As the war with Iran rages on and transit through the Strait of Hormuz is constrained, energy prices remain high (though not quite as high as before). — Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026

Behind them, the battle for backup corner jobs rages on with no clear leader. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

As the nepotism debate rages on, a number of current stars have opted out of having kids altogether — and made no secret about it. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026

But the film’s depiction of a millennia-old mythology isn’t meant to be historically accurate—though the accuracy debate rages on. — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 31 July 2026

The findings come as the debate surrounding the I-77 South tolls project rages on. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026

The already wire-thin line between mother and owner threatens to snap as the saga rages on, and still, Corsini calmly invites you to circle his story’s chaotic cage from every possible angle. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026

As the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak rages on, health care workers are increasingly under attack. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 22 July 2026