rave C2+ Topic:Communication US /reɪv/ UK /reɪv/ See IPA manual Minimal pairs Sounds like lave /l/ vs /ɹ/ Meanings 1 verb to talk wildly or with enthusiastic praise; an all-night dance party Critics raved about the young pianist's debut performance. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to talk wildly or with... rantgushenthusebabbleeffusepraise ↔ Opposites criticizepan Word family Derived forms raverraving Etymology AI details From Middle English raven, probably from Old French raver, variant of resver ('to wander, be delirious'), of uncertain ultimate origin. raver Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # rave **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /reɪv/ **IPA (UK):** /reɪv/ ## Meanings 1. to talk wildly or with enthusiastic praise; an all-night dance party ## Examples - Critics raved about the young pianist's debut performance. ## Synonyms - rant - gush - enthuse - babble - effuse - praise ## Antonyms - criticize - pan ## Derived Forms - raver - raving ## Roots and Affixes - Root: raver ## Etymology From Middle English raven, probably from Old French raver, variant of resver ('to wander, be delirious'), of uncertain ultimate origin. ## AI Etymology Rave comes from Middle English raven, probably from Old French raver, variant of resver ('to wander, be delirious'), of uncertain ultimate origin. The historical chain includes Old French raver. Older glosses in the chain include "to wander, be delirious", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, rave is best read as borrowing and uncertain formation, yielding an English verb and noun shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as a verb and noun, with the sense "to talk wildly or with enthusiastic praise; an all-night dance party". English derivatives include raver and raving. The result is an English verb and noun whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning. ## Topics - Communication markdown