RAVED Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

raved

verb

past tense of rave

as in drooled

to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm she raved about the Mother's Day breakfast of cold coffee and burnt toast that her young children had proudly set before her

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to talk loudly and wildly a man stood outside city hall raving like a lunatic about his tax bill

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Recent Examples of raved Coaches and teammates have raved this month about the fact that Mahomes looks, well, like Mahomes. — Sam McDowell 9, Kansas City Star, 9 Aug. 2026 Gruden remains a Bucs fan and raved Thursday about their season outlook. — Abby Disalvo, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 Many of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s 1,000 wedding guests at their July 3 nuptials have raved about the soirée at New York City’s Madison Square Garden. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026 Elsewhere in the podcast, Rocky raved over his three children — daughter Rocki, 11 months, and sons Riot, 3, and RZA, 4. — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Critically, the show was generally praised but not raved over. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026 Julia Roberts Julia Roberts raved over Fauci while conducting an Instagram Live interview with him as part of ONE Campaign’s new #PassTheMic series. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Brian Cashman has said his defense is big league ready since the winter, and Boone raved about it on Friday. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 Nootbaar attended Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s last game in Japan and absolutely raved about the energy in the stadium. — Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

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For Valentine's Day 2026, the retailer released a confetti glass icon candle that shoppers drooled over.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 June 2026
Fighter Josh Hokit drooled at the weigh-in in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026

Definition of drooled

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Newlywed Travis Kelce gushed about his Madison Square Garden wedding to Taylor Swift while gearing up for his 14th season in the NFL.

— Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
This past March, McGraw’s daughter Audrey performed at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas and gushed about how much her parents mean to her, just hours after her dad was named a 2026 inductee of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 12 Aug. 2026

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Membership was open to the lazy, the unemployed and anyone who mostly ranted.

— Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Rinderknecht allegedly ranted to passengers about Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, capitalism and vigilantism, The Associated Press reported.

— Madeline Morrison, NBC news, 10 June 2026

Definition of ranted

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In an exclusive interview with WWD, the businessman enthused about the future of the Italian e-tailer and its current CEO.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Shortly after the nurses’ strike, the CEO of the NYC Health and Hospitals, the largest city healthcare system in the US, openly enthused about replacing radiologists with AI.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026

Definition of enthused

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At the National Governors Association meeting in Colorado Springs last July, the investor Mark Cuban rhapsodized about the power of artificial intelligence to revolutionize education.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 8 June 2026
In the New Yorker, the writer Lawrence Weschler rhapsodized about the soft glow in the air here, day and night.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2026

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