rash

1. 1.

   imprudently incurring risk

   “do something rash that he will forever repent”

   Similarimprudent
2. 2.

   marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences

   “foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker”

   “became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans”

   “a reckless driver”

   “a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest”

   Synonymsfoolhardyheadyreckless

   Similarbold

Other forms of rash

plural

rashes·

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 rash

What does rash mean?

rash means "any red eruption of the skin". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rash?

rash has 1 syllable: rash. In IPA it is /ˈɹæʃ/.

What is another word for rash?

Close synonyms include roseola, efflorescence, skin rash, blizzard, foolhardy. 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 rash a common word?

rash 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.