RIFE DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
rife adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn: prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant, rife] 2: excessively abundant [syn: overabundant, plethoric, rife] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) rife adjective Etymology: Middle English ryfe, from Old English rȳfe; akin to Old Norse rīfr abundant Date: 12th century 1. prevalent especially to an increasing degree <suspicion and cruelty were rife — W. E. B. DuBois> 2. abundant, common 3. copiously supplied ; abounding — usually used with with <rife with rumors> • rife adverb • rifely adverb Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary rife If you say that something, usually something bad, is rife in a place or that the place is rife with it, you mean that it is very common. Speculation is rife that he will be sacked... Hollywood soon became rife with rumors. ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ with n English Explanatory Dictionary rife raɪf predic.adj. 1 of common occurrence; widespread. 2 (foll. by with) abounding in; teeming with. øørifeness n. [OE ryfe prob. f. ON rÂfr acceptable f. reifa enrich, reifr cheerful] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Rife \Rife\, a. [AS. r[=i]f abundant, or Icel. r[=i]fr munificent; akin to OD. riff, rijve, abundant.] 1. Prevailing; prevalent; abounding. Before the plague of London, inflammations of the lungs were rife and mortal. --Arbuthnot. Even now the tumult of loud mirth Was rife, and perfect in may listening ear. --Milton. 2. Having power; active; nimble. [Obs.] What! I am rife a little yet. --J. Webster. -- Rife"ly, adv. -- Rife"ness, n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms rife a. 1. Prevailing, prevalent, abundant, common. 2. Replete, abounding in, well supplied. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 112 Moby Thesaurus words for "rife": abounding, abundant, affluent, afloat, alive with, all-sufficing, ample, aplenty, average, bandied about, besetting, bottomless, bounteous, bountiful, bristling, bruited about, bursting, common, copious, crawling, crowded, crowding, current, diffuse, dominant, effuse, epidemic, exhaustless, extravagant, exuberant, fat, fertile, flush, full, galore, generous, going about, going around, in circulation, in plenty, in profusion, in quantity, in the air, in the news, inexhaustible, jam-packed, jammed, lavish, liberal, luxuriant, made public, many, maximal, much, normal, numerous, opulent, ordinary, overflowing, packed, pandemic, plenitudinous, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, popular, populous, predominant, predominating, prevailing, prevalent, prodigal, productive, profuse, profusive, proliferating, prolific, rampant, regnant, reigning, replete, reported, rich, riotous, routine, ruling, rumored, running, running over, standard, stereotyped, studded, superabundant, swarming, talked about, teeming, thick, thick as hail, thick with, thick-coming, thronged, thronging, usual, wealthy, well-found, well-furnished, well-provided, well-stocked, whispered, whispered about, wholesale, widespread |
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