rally

1. 1.

   gather

   “drum up support”

   Synonymsbeat updrum up

   Broadercollect
2. 2.

   call to arms; of military personnel

   Synonymscall upmobilizemobilise

   Broadercall
3. 3.

   gather or bring together

   “muster the courage to do something”

   “she rallied her intellect”

   “Summon all your courage”

   Synonymsmustersummoncome upmuster up

   Broadergather
4. 4.

   return to a former condition

   “The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends”

   “The stock market rallied”

   Synonymsrebound

   Broaderrecover
5. 5.

   harass with persistent criticism or carping

   “The children teased the new teacher”

   “Don't ride me so hard over my failure”

   “His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie”

   Synonymsteaserazzragcodtantalizetantalisebaittaunttwitride

Other forms of rally

plural

rallies·

past tense or participle

rallied

present participle

rallying·

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 rally

What does rally mean?

rally means "a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rally?

rally has 2 syllables: ral-ly. The stress falls on "ral". In IPA it is /ˈɹæli/.

What is another word for rally?

Close synonyms include mass meeting, rallying, exchange, beat up, drum up. 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 rally a common word?

rally is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.