rave

1. 1.

   a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played

   “raves are very popular in Berlin”

   Broaderdance
2. 2.

   an extravagantly enthusiastic review

   “he gave it a rave”

   Broaderreview

Other forms of rave

plural

raves·

past tense

raved·

present participle

raving·

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 rave

What does rave mean?

rave means "participate in an all-night techno dance party". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rave?

rave has 1 syllable: rave. In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪv/.

What is another word for rave?

Close synonyms include rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on. 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 rave a common word?

rave 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.