rampant

Other forms of rampant

comparative

rampanter·

superlative

rampantest·

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 rampant

What does rampant mean?

rampant means "unrestrained and violent". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rampant?

rampant has 2 syllables: ram-pant. The stress falls on "ram". In IPA it is /ˈɹæmpənt/.

What is another word for rampant?

Close synonyms include rearing. 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 rampant a common word?

rampant 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.