Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rant
2 senses of rant
Sense 1
harangue, rant, ranting -- (a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion)
=> declamation -- (vehement oratory)
Sense 2
bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah -- (pompous or pretentious talk or writing)
=> grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric -- (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rant
1 sense of rant
Sense 1
rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave -- (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
=> talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise -- (express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize")