rabid

1. 1.

   of or infected by rabies
2. 2.

   marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

   “rabid isolationist”

   Synonymsfanaticfanaticaloverzealous

   Similarpassionate

Other forms of rabid

comparative

rabidder·

superlative

rabiddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rabid

What does rabid mean?

rabid means "of or infected by rabies". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rabid?

rabid has 2 syllables: rab-id. The stress falls on "rab". In IPA it is /ˈɹæbɪd/.

What is another word for rabid?

Close synonyms include fanatic, fanatical, overzealous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rabid a common word?

rabid is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.