rave
verb
[ reɪv ]
• talk incoherently, as if one were delirious or mad.
• "Nancy's having hysterics and raving about a ghost"
• speak or write about someone or something with great enthusiasm or admiration.
• "New York's critics raved about the acting"
Similar:
praise enthusiastically,
go into raptures about/over,
wax lyrical about,
sing the praises of,
praise to the skies,
heap praise on,
rhapsodize over,
enthuse about/over,
gush about/over,
throw bouquets at,
express delight over,
acclaim,
eulogize,
extol,
go wild about,
be mad about,
go on about,
big someone/something up,
ballyhoo,
cry someone/something up,
laud,
panegyrize,
• attend a rave party.
• "they used to rave together—then they started working together"
rave
noun
• an extremely enthusiastic recommendation or appraisal.
• "their tour received rave reviews"
Similar:
very enthusiastic,
rapturous,
glowing,
ecstatic,
full of praise,
rhapsodic,
laudatory,
eulogistic,
panegyrical,
excellent,
highly favourable,
enthusiastic/lavish praise,
a rapturous reception,
tribute,
plaudits,
encomiums,
bouquets,
acclaim,
applause,
• a lively party involving dancing and drinking.
• "their annual fancy-dress rave"
Similar:
party,
social gathering,
gathering,
social occasion,
social event,
social function,
function,
get-together,
celebration,
reunion,
festivity,
jamboree,
reception,
at-home,
soirée,
social,
dance,
ball,
ceilidh,
frolic,
carousal,
carouse,
fete,
hoedown,
shower,
bake,
cookout,
levee,
corroboree,
bashment,
luau,
tertulia,
simcha,
bash,
shindig,
shindy,
blowout,
beer-up,
disco,
do,
shebang,
bop,
hop,
whoopee,
after-party,
rave-up,
thrash,
knees-up,
beanfeast,
beano,
bunfight,
jolly,
lig,
hooley,
crack,
blast,
wingding,
kegger,
shivoo,
rage,
ding,
jollo,
rort,
jol,
squash,
squeeze,
ding-dong,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘show signs of madness’): probably from Old Northern French raver ; related obscurely to Middle Low German reven ‘be senseless, rave’.
rave
noun
• a rail of a cart.
Origin:
mid 16th century: variant of the synonymous dialect word rathe, of unknown origin.
