5 Letter Words That Start With R

revel

Noun : An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.

Noun : A kind of dance.

Noun : A wake for the dead.

rogue

Noun : A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

Noun : A mischievous scamp.

Noun : A vagrant.

randy

Adjective : Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

Adjective : (chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.

Noun : An impudent beggar.

riant

Adjective : Mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.

Adjective : Of a place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.

rigid

Adjective : Stiff, rather than flexible.

Adjective : Having inflexible thoughts, opinions, or beliefs.

Adjective : Fixed, rather than moving.

rough

Adjective : Not smooth; uneven.

Adjective : Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

Adjective : Turbulent.

range

Noun : A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.

Noun : A fireplace; a fire or other cooking apparatus; now specifically, a large cooking stove with many hotplates.

Noun : Selection, array.

right

Adjective : Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north, the side on which the heart is not located in most humans. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

Adjective : Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below.

Adjective : Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

ravel

Verb : (transitive)

Verb : To entwine or tangle (something) confusedly; to entangle.

Verb : (also figuratively) Often followed by up: to form (something) out of discrete elements, like weaving fabric from threads; to knit.

realm

Noun : (now law and rhetoric) A territory or state, as ruled by an absolute authority, especially by a king; a kingdom.

Noun : (fantasy, roleplaying games) An otherworldly dimension or domain — magical, ethereal, or otherwise — usually ruled or created by a mystical character.

Noun : (obsolete) The spiritual state of which God is the head; the Kingdom of Heaven.

reach

Verb : (intransitive) To extend, stretch, or thrust out (for example a limb or object held in the hand).

Verb : (transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.

Verb : (intransitive) To stretch out the hand.

rouse

Noun : An arousal.

Noun : (military, British and Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Verb : (transitive) To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.

ruddy

Adjective : Reddish in color, especially of the face, fire, or sky.

Adjective : Robust and vigorous, like a person with a red complexion (as compared to a pale one).

Adjective : (British, Australia, slang, not comparable) A mild intensifier, expressing irritation.

regal

Adjective : Of or relating to royalty.

Adjective : Befitting a king, queen, emperor, or empress.

Adjective : Befitting a king, or emperor.

raise

Verb : (physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.

Verb : To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect.

Verb : To cause something to come to the surface of water.

rivet

Noun : A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

Noun : (figuratively) Any fixed point or certain basis.

Noun : (obsolete) A light kind of footman's plate armour; an almain rivet.

raspy

Adjective : (of sound, especially vocal quality) Rough, raw.

Adjective : Irritable.

ridge

Noun : (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.

Noun : Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

Noun : The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.

round

Adjective : (physical) Of shape:

Adjective : Circular or cylindrical; having a circular cross-section in one direction.

Adjective : Spherical; shaped like a ball; having a circular cross-section in more than one direction.

rabid

Adjective : Affected with rabies.

Adjective : Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

Adjective : (by extension) Furious; raging; extremely violent.

rangy

Adjective : Slender and long of limb; lanky.

Adjective : Prone to roaming around.

Adjective : Having or permitting range or scope; roomy; commodious.

rally

Noun : A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

Noun : A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

Noun : (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

rapid

Adjective : Very swift or quick.

Adjective : Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)

Adjective : Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)

roost

Noun : The place where a bird sleeps (usually its nest or a branch).

Noun : A group of birds roosting together.

Noun : A bedroom.

riven

Adjective : Torn apart.

Adjective : Broken into pieces; split asunder.

remit

Verb : (transitive) To transmit or send (e.g. money in payment); to supply.

Verb : (transitive) To forgive, pardon (a wrong, offence, etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To refrain from exacting or enforcing; to cancel.

rummy

Noun : A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.

Adjective : Resembling or tasting of rum.

Adjective : (UK, colloquial, dated) Peculiar; odd.

reign

Noun : The exercise of sovereign power.

Noun : The period during which a monarch rules.

Noun : The territory or sphere over which a kingdom; empire; realm; dominion, etc. is ruled.

relic

Noun : That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.

Noun : Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.

Noun : (religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.

rebut

Verb : To drive back or beat back; to repulse.

Verb : To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

rebel

Noun : A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

Noun : (US, historical) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.

Verb : (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

repel

Verb : (transitive, now rare) To turn (someone) away from a privilege, right, job, etc.

Verb : (transitive) To reject, put off (a request, demand etc.).

Verb : (transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).

reave

Verb : (archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

Verb : (archaic) To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

Verb : (archaic) To split, tear, break apart.

route

Noun : A course or way which is traveled or passed.

Noun : A regular itinerary of stops, or the path followed between these stops, such as for delivery or passenger transportation.

Noun : A road or path; often specifically a highway.

reply

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

Verb : (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.

Verb : (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.

reedy

Adjective : Full of, or edged with, reeds.

Adjective : (of a sound or voice) High and thin in tone.

Adjective : (of a person) Tall and thin.

ratty

Adjective : Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.

Adjective : Infested with rats.

Adjective : (figuratively, informal)

raven

Noun : (countable) Any of several, generally large and lustrous black species of birds in the genus Corvus, especially the common raven (Corvus corax).

Noun : A jet-black color.

Adjective : Of the color of the raven; jet-black.

relax

Verb : (transitive) To calm down.

Verb : (transitive) To make something loose.

Verb : (intransitive) To become loose.

rouge

Adjective : Of a reddish pink colour.

Noun : Red or pink makeup to add colour to the cheeks; blusher.

Noun : Any reddish pink colour.

rural

Adjective : Relating to the countryside or to agriculture.

Noun : (obsolete) A person from the countryside; a rustic.

refer

Verb : (transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)

Verb : (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.

Verb : (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause, source, a motive, reason, or ground of explanation.

rowdy

Adjective : Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.

Noun : (countable) A boisterous person; a brawler.

Noun : (uncountable, obsolete, slang) money; ready money.

redux

Adjective : (of a topic, attributive, postpositive) Redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

Noun : A theme or topic redone, restored, brought back, or revisited.

razed

Adjective : (obsolete) Slashed or striped in patterns.

runty

Adjective : Having the characteristics of a runt; small and stunted; diminutive.

relay

Noun : (hunting, rare) A new set of hounds.

Noun : (now chiefly historical) A new set of horses kept along a specific route so that they can replace animals that are tired.

Noun : (by extension) A new set of anything.

rigor

Noun : (medicine) A feeling of cold with shivering accompanied by a rise in body temperature.

Noun : A surname from Spanish.

Noun : US spelling of rigour [Severity or strictness.]

ready

Adjective : Prepared for immediate action or use.

Adjective : Inclined; apt to happen.

Adjective : Liable at any moment.

recur

Verb : Of an event, situation, etc.: to appear or happen again, especially repeatedly.

Verb : (medicine) Of a disease or symptom: to happen again, especially repeatedly or after a remission or an apparent recovery.

Verb : Of a memory, thought, etc.: to come to the mind again.

rover

Noun : (archery, usually in the plural) A randomly selected target.

Noun : One who roves, a wanderer, a nomad.

Noun : A vagabond, a tramp, an unsteady, restless person, one who by habit doesn't settle down or marry.

risky

Adjective : Dangerous, involving risks.

Adjective : Misspelling of risqué. [Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.]

rutty

Adjective : Imprinted with ruts.

Adjective : (US, dated) In a rut (dull routine).

Adjective : Related to a rut; being in a state of sexual arousal.

riled

Adjective : aroused to impatience or ange

reeve

Noun : (historical) Any of several local officials, with varying responsibilities.

Noun : (Canada) The president of a township or municipal district council.

Noun : (military, historical) The holder of a proposed but unadopted commissioned rank of the Royal Air Force, equivalent to wing commander.

royal

Adjective : Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.

Adjective : Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.

Adjective : (nautical) In large sailing ships, of a mast right above the topgallant mast and its sails.

rival

Noun : A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary goal of a competitor.

Noun : Someone or something with similar claims of quality or distinction as another.

Noun : (obsolete) One having a common right or privilege with another; a partner.

radio

Noun : (uncountable) The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.

Noun : (countable) A device that can capture (receive) the signal sent over radio waves and render the modulated signal as sound.

Noun : (countable) Any audio playing device, such as the on-board entertainment system in a car, usually including a radio receiver as well as the capability to play audio from recorded media; see also car radio.

robot

Noun : (now historical) A system of serfdom used in Central Europe, under which a tenant's rent was paid in forced labour.

Noun : (chiefly science fiction) An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.

Noun : A machine built to carry out some complex task or group of tasks by physically moving, especially one which can be programmed.

retro

Adjective : Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.

Adjective : Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

Noun : (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.

retch

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To make or experience an unsuccessful effort to vomit; to strain or spasm, as if to vomit; to gag or nearly vomit.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive, loosely) To vomit; to make or experience a successful effort to vomit.

Noun : An unsuccessful effort to vomit.

roots

Noun : Ancestry.

Noun : Beginnings; origin.

Noun : (of hair) Grown-out hair, often of a grey or natural colour.

rompy

Adjective : Tending to romp; playfully adventurous.

river

Noun : A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.

Noun : Any large flow of a liquid in a single body.

Noun : (poker) The last card dealt in a hand.

razor

Noun : A keen-edged knife of peculiar shape, used in shaving the hair from the face or other parts of the body.

Noun : Any tool or instrument designed for shaving.

Noun : The sharp tusk of a wild boar.

react

Verb : (intransitive) To act in response.

Verb : (transitive, now rare) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.

Verb : (physics, intransitive) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force

rheum

Noun : (uncountable) Thin or watery discharge of mucus or serum, especially from the eyes or nose, formerly thought to cause disease.

Noun : Illness or disease thought to be caused by such secretions; a catarrh, a cold; rheumatism.

Noun : (poetic) Tears.

roger

Verb : (radio telecommunications, transitive) To acknowledge by saying "roger".

Verb : (transitive) Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner.

Verb : (intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.

rayon

Noun : A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.

Noun : (obsolete, rare) A ray or beam of light.

Noun : A circular area whose extent is measured by the length of the radius of the circle which bounds it.

reify

Verb : (transitive) To regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.

roust

Verb : (transitive) to rout out of bed; to rouse

Verb : (transitive, informal) To harass, to treat in a rough way.

Verb : (transitive, slang) to arrest

raped

Adjective : sexually abuse

Adjective : having been robbed and destroyed by force and violenc

rathe

Adjective : (poetic) Ripening or blooming early.

Verb : (obsolete) Quickly.

Verb : (poetic) Early in the morning.

revie

Verb : (obsolete) To vie with, or rival, in return.

Verb : (obsolete) To exceed an adversary's wager in a card game.

Verb : (obsolete) To make a retort; to bandy words.

rigol

Noun : (obsolete) A circle.

Noun : (obsolete) A diadem, crown (ornamental headband worn as a badge of royalty).

Noun : (nautical) A ridge or channel above a porthole to redirect water flow from dripping inside the vessel.

recit

Noun : A short story.

Noun : A narration.

Noun : (music) A recitative.

raign

Noun : Obsolete spelling of rain.. [(meteorology) Condensed water falling from a cloud.]

Noun : Obsolete spelling of reign.. [The exercise of sovereign power.]

Verb : Obsolete spelling of rain.. [(impersonal, meteorology) To have rain fall from the sky.]

riser

Noun : Someone or something which rises.

Noun : A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

Noun : (carpentry) A vertical part of a step on a staircase.

ruler

Noun : A (usually rigid), flat, rectangular measuring or drawing device with graduations in units of measurement; a straightedge with markings.

Noun : A person who rules or governs; someone or something that exercises dominion or controlling power over others.

Verb : (transitive) To beat with a ruler (as a traditional school punishment).

renew

Verb : (transitive) To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.

Verb : (transitive) To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.

Verb : (theology) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

rocky

Adjective : Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.

Adjective : Like a rock; rigid, solid.

Adjective : (Of an animal or plant) Having a habitat around or on rocks.

rebus

Noun : An arrangement of pictures, symbols, and/or words representing phrases or words, especially as a word puzzle.

Noun : (linguistics) A pictographic component of a compound character (e.g. sinograph) used to hint at the pronunciation of the compound.

Noun : (specifically, heraldry) An arrangement of pictures on a coat of arms which suggests the name of the person to whom it belongs.

ripen

Verb : (intransitive) to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc.)

Verb : (intransitive) To approach or come to perfection.

Verb : (transitive) To cause (something) to mature; to make ripe

recap

Verb : To seal (something) again with a cap.

Verb : (Canada, US) To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion.

Noun : A tire that has had new tread glued on.

ralph

Verb : (slang) To vomit.

Noun : (UK, regional, obsolete) A raven.

Noun : A male given name from the Germanic languages.

rabat

Noun : A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.

Noun : (countable) A piece of fabric fitted to the collar covering the shirt-front worn by Catholic and Anglican clergy.

Noun : (countable) The clerical linen collar itself.

rules

Noun : (informal) Australian rules football.

rev up

Verb : (idiomatic) To increase the speed of an engine, especially that of a stationary motor car.

Verb : (by extension, transitive) To make (someone or something) more active.

Verb : (by extension, intransitive) To become more active.

raced

Adjective : (social studies) Belonging to a certain race of people.

raita

Noun : A condiment made from seasoned yogurt used as a dip or sauce in the cuisine of southern Asia.

Noun : (India, derogatory, politics, online slang) A Hindu who does not support Hindutva, a liberal Hindu, especially (highly derogatory) as considered a traitor to India or race traitor towards Indians.

resto

Noun : (informal) A restaurant.

Noun : (informal) A restoration (of an old car or building, etc.).

Noun : A surname.

reule

Noun : Obsolete form of rule. [A regulation, law, guideline.]

Verb : Obsolete form of rule. [(transitive, stative) To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.]

rithe

Noun : Alternative form of rith (“small stream”) [(obsolete) A small stream or channel.]

rhyme

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Rhyming verse (poetic form)

Noun : A thought expressed in verse; a verse; a poem; a tale told in verse.

Noun : (countable) A word that rhymes with another.

recto

Noun : The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.

Noun : (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.

Noun : (law) A writ of right.

rusty

Adjective : Marked or corroded by rust.

Adjective : Of the rust color, reddish or reddish-brown.

Adjective : Lacking recent experience, out of practice, especially with respect to a skill or activity.

rowan

Noun : Sorbus aucuparia, the European rowan.

Noun : Any of various small deciduous trees or shrubs of genus Sorbus, belonging to the rose family, with pinnate leaves, corymbs of white flowers, and usually with orange-red berries.

Noun : (obsolete) wych-elm, Ulmus glabra.

refit

Noun : The process of having something fitted again, repaired or restored.

Verb : (transitive) To fit again; to put back into its place.

Verb : (transitive) To prepare for use again; to repair or restore.

reuse

Noun : The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.

Noun : The act of using again, or in another place.

Verb : To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).

ritzy

Adjective : Elegant and luxurious.

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