RAMPANT Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

rampant

adjective

ˈram-pənt

Definition of rampant

as in runaway

showing no signs of being under control the mayor promised to put a stop to the rampant crime that plagued the city

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as in lush

growing thickly and vigorously try to avoid the patch of rampant poison ivy near the resting spot on the trail

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Recent Examples of rampant Power outages have been rampant across the country over the past year, disrupting everyday life. — Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026 Low regard for sensitivity is all the more costly in an epoch of political polarization, deteriorating social bonds, and rampant screen addiction. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 No more broken promises, rampant corruption, or tolerating an elite class living in luxury while the citizens are ignored. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2026 And amid rampant healthcare inflation, qualifying isn’t about to get any easier. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rampant

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Adjective

With anxieties rising across the land, the couple’s relationship begins to fracture when Sovieshu falls in love with runaway slave Rashta (Lee Seyoung) and attempts to move heaven and earth to win her heart.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Nov. 2026
Going gold Joel’s fifth studio album, 1977’s The Stranger, was a runaway success—but the singer, pictured alongside his accolades in New York in 1978, told Playboy a few years later that his newfound fortune didn’t faze him.

— Michael Gioia, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of runaway

Adjective

Photos in the listing show off the lavish two-story entrance way, gourmet kitchen, large breakfast room, private cinema, en-suite bedrooms, and sprawling lush green gardens.

— Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Nov. 2026
But there are all the openers, too, like Malena Cadiz tonight — an Americana singer-songwriter with a lush voice — or Sam Evian, who opened for them at Pappy and Harriet’s out in Joshua Tree a few weeks ago.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of lush

Adjective

The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory will reenter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fashion, after a robotic rescue mission failed to boost the scope to a higher orbit.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
But for people with uncontrolled hypertension or coronary disease, spiking stress adds strain.

— Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncontrolled

Adjective

Plants reseed readily, though not to the point of being weedy, with new plants flowering in their second year.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026
Yvette opens the door to Pizza City’s lone toilet, engulfing them in a bouquet of Pine-Sol and damp cinderblock and the earthier smell of the small weedy lot where the bathroom’s rear wall ought to be.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of weedy

Adjective

The studio fussiness is why Fagen’s music would later go in and out of style—when raw sounds are in fashion, people tend to point out where his band’s singles landed on the Easy Listening charts.

— Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
Ryan Conwell is as raw as would be expected with a second-round rookie.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of raw

Adjective

Consider taking out a few roses in dense beds to make way for a steppingstone path through the blooms.

— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
The teams combined atomic-scale simulations with electron microscopy and experiments to see how changes in the two materials could help meet growing demand for denser data storage as AI use expands.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of dense

Adjective

My home school, Georgetown University, does that, too, often with the prosperous elderly donor beaming in the front row.

— David Super, Baltimore Sun, 3 Nov. 2026
The festival is named for the cotton-destroying insect that forced the community’s pivot to more prosperous peanut farming a century ago.

— Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of prosperous

Adjective

Aside from an occasional shuffle or snuffle from my fellow campers, the night was draped in a thick blanket of stress-shrinking quiet.

— Heather Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Nov. 2026
The jet slammed nose-first like a missile into a busy Palm Beach County road, before erupting into flames and sending thick black smoke into the sky, dashcam video shows.

— Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026

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