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")

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