RIPPER Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

ripper

noun

ˈri-pər

Definition of ripper

as in dream

something very good of its kind the comedian's last routine was a real ripper, leaving the audience in those proverbial stitches

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Recent Examples of ripper From sounds of it, the group’s 12th studio album is a ripper. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2026 Wuthering Heights has the tunnel-vision horniness and girlish aesthetic sensibility of a high-school freshman who’s been assigned to read Brontë in class while tearing through a pile of explicit bodice-rippers under the covers at home. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026 Sometimes the last thing a bodice-ripper needs is a reminder that the characters onscreen think leeching is a helpful medical treatment or that disagreements can only be handled with dueling pistols. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2026 Simply remove them with a seam ripper and sew them in their new home. — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ripper

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Noun

In the end, injuries not only ended that dream but tanked his case for a third consecutive MVP as well.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
The One Battle After Another star walked the turquoise carpet at Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California, in a creation from Zuhair Murad’s fall/winter 2026 couture collection that will haunt your dreams in the best way possible.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of dream

Noun

In our opinion, this beaut will play nice with all sorts of denim, contrasting cashmere layers, and your comfiest sweatsuit for model-off-duty moments.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Marty Brown 5-yard run after two beauts from Darian Mensah to Malachi Toney on an eight-play, 89-yard drive.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of beaut

Noun

Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
The breakfast buffet is supremely surreal A big part of every season of The White Lotus is the breakfast buffet, and the Martinez’s daily extravaganza is a corker.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of corker

Noun

Its sealed perimeter, only accessible via lines and screening, now makes one of the world’s wonders feel less like a wondrous part of the city than an attraction held behind glass.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Yet the structural refrain that underpins this wonder of a book always returns to love.

— Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of wonder

Noun

Everyone gets mail, and the marvel of the postal system’s reach and distribution was intentionally used as an anthrax dissemination machine.

— Daniel Jernigan, STAT, 26 Sep. 2026
Few people realize it these days, but both the rifle and round were technical marvels.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of marvel

Noun

Cheerful images of daisies and sunflowers, culled from hardware store seed packets and perfume advertisements, sit alongside micrographs of cells and other elements invisible to the naked eye.

— Ryan Sullivan, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
There have been daisy designs with diamanté details for spring, navy blue to celebrate the arrival of her baby boy, and cinnamon chrome once the temperatures began to dip.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026

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