Dictionary Entry
rally
rally is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
- 2intransitive verb
To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
- 3intransitive verb
To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
- 4intransitive verb
To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
- 5noun
The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
- 6noun
A political mass meeting.
- 7transitive verb
To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.
- 8intransitive verb
To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
- 9noun
Good-humored raillery.
- 10noun
the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
"he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"
"he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack"
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- 11noun
(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
"after a short rally Connors won the point"
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- 12noun
an automobile race run over public roads
- 13noun
a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- 14noun
a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
- 15verb
return to a former condition
"The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"
"The stock market rallied"
Synonyms
- 16verb
harass with persistent criticism or carping
"The children teased the new teacher"
"Don't ride me so hard over my failure"
- 17verb
call to arms; of military personnel
- 18verb
gather or bring together
"muster the courage to do something"
"she rallied her intellect"
- 19verb
gather
"drum up support"
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