Antonyms for rampant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ram-puhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈræm pənt |
Definition of rampant
Origin :- late 14c., "standing on the hind legs" (as a heraldic lion often does), thus, also, "fierce, ravenous" (late 14c.), from Old French rampant, present participle of ramper "to climb, scale, mount" (see rampage (v.)). Sense of "growing without check" (in running rampant), first recorded 1610s, probably is via the notion of "fierce disposition" or else preserves the older French sense.
- adj uncontrolled, out of hand
- Newly facing the evil of the world, she was a rampant reformer at once.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- When the brick-house era sets in, the middleman will be rampant.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- And yet the seeds of it must be in your heart, or it could not all at once shew itself so rampant.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Heterodoxy in details of faith is rampant, and is no obstacle to Christian fellowship.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Credit is woefully inflated; speculation and waste are rampant.
- Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
- It was genius, rampant and undisciplined, but unmistakable; and she told him so.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- Those two rampant enemies in the same pew had been unclebentleyed.
- Extract from : « The Wit and Humor of America, Volume X (of X) » by Various
- The spirit of disunion was rampant in all parts of the South.
- Extract from : « Stories Of Georgia » by Joel Chandler Harris
- Malignancy was rampant and Arnold was pursued with great bitterness.
- Extract from : « Washington and his Comrades in Arms » by George Wrong
- The Bunny-house might have been a cage of tigers, so rampant were the cats at this new move.
- Extract from : « Jack and Jill » by Louisa May Alcott
Synonyms for rampant
- aggressive
- blustering
- boisterous
- clamorous
- dominant
- epidemic
- exceeding bounds
- excessive
- extravagant
- exuberant
- fanatical
- flagrant
- furious
- growing
- impetuous
- impulsive
- luxuriant
- on the rampage
- out of control
- outrageous
- pandemic
- predominant
- prevalent
- profuse
- raging
- rampaging
- rank
- rife
- riotous
- spreading
- tumultous/tumultuous
- turbulent
- unbridled
- unchecked
- uncontrollable
- ungovernable
- unrestrained
- unruly
- vehement
- violent
- wanton
- widespread
- wild
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