RIPSNORTER Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

ripsnorter

noun

ˈrip-ˈsnȯr-tər

Definition of ripsnorter

as in beauty

something very good of its kind had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter, but it turned out to be a real snoozer

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Recent Examples of ripsnorter Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign. — SI.com, 6 July 2019

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Noun

The Saks Fifth Avenue Holiday Gift Guide offers party outfits for women, holiday dressing for men, as well as beauty products, and gifts priced under $200, among other products.

— David Moin, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
In the film, Thị Mầu is a gifted young beauty hemmed in by rigid custom and the demands of her family.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

There are cellars with vintages dating back to the 1880s and old wine caves covered in mildew and mold, which were a dream for a wine lover like me.

— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Bilal, who wrote, directed and co-produced the film, said a French theatrical run was a dream come true.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of dream

Noun

And then there is Turin, Italy’s first capital and a Baroque marvel with the Alps to its west and north.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Frances marvels at how quickly people are radicalized online, how the machine essentially transforms them from one type of individual to another.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of marvel

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

What began as a relatively intimate documentation of editors, retailers and industry insiders gradually became a global phenomenon.

— Alex Badia, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Neither release became a theatrical phenomenon, but each earned more than $40 million worldwide — suggesting even mediocre horror films can get respectable returns when their premises are appealing enough.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of phenomenon

Noun

Digitize your dusty DVDs and reclaim shelf space with DVDneXtCOPY, a powerful DVD ripper that preserves your collection.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
Perhaps unlike anyone else in country music beyond maybe Brantley Gilbert, Hardy makes fairly straightforward country radio fare while also making straight-up heavy metal rippers.

— Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ripper

Noun

In 2008, passionate surfer Tim Russo purchased the property, renamed it, and set out to organically grow it into a resort full of wonder where serious surfers and travelers fascinated with the surf lifestyle could vacation happily.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
Fanny, his autistic eight-year-old granddaughter sees the world with bright precision and a sense of wonder.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

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