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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'RIP'

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1. (noun) rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue
a dissolute man in fashionable society
Synonyms: rent, pitch, rakehell, parentage, blood line, snag, crosscurrent, lineage, roue, stock, rip, ancestry, stemma, descent, pedigree, riptide, line of descent, blood, tide rip, line, slant, squanderer, rake, origin, split, countercurrent, bloodline, tear, profligate, prodigal

2. (noun) rip, rent, snag, split, tear
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Synonyms: rent, economic rent, rakehell, snag, crosscurrent, roue, bust, rip, hitch, binge, split up, teardrop, tide rip, riptide, stock split, blood, tear, rake, hang-up, split, countercurrent, schism, profligate, bout, rub

3. (noun) rip, riptide, tide rip, crosscurrent, countercurrent
a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
Synonyms: profligate, tide rip, rip, snag, rent, split, tear, roue, crosscurrent, blood, rakehell, rip current, countercurrent, riptide, rake

4. (verb) rent, rip, split
the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
Synonyms: rent, economic rent, rakehell, snag, crosscurrent, roue, rip, tide rip, riptide, stock split, blood, tear, rake, split up, split, countercurrent, schism, profligate

5. (verb) rend, rip, rive, pull
tear or be torn violently
Synonyms: pull up, overstretch, extract, root for, cleave, force, draw out, rip, deplumate, get out, pluck, draw, displume, pull in, tear, pull, perpetrate, split, deplume, pull out, rive, commit, attract, rend, take out, draw in

6. (verb) rip
move precipitously or violently
Synonyms: pull, rive, rend

7. (verb) rip
cut (wood) along the grain
Synonyms: pull, rive, rend

8. (verb) rip
criticize or abuse strongly and violently
Synonyms: pull, rive, rend

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'RIP'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. RIP
Rend and tear are applied to the separating of textile substances into parts by force violently applied (rend also to frangible substances), tear being the milder, rend the stronger word.
Synonyms: rend, break, cleave, mangle, rive, sever, sunder, burst, lacerate, rip, rupture, slit, tear
Antonyms: heal, mend, reunite, secure, sew, solder, stitch, unite, weld, join

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