'Rampant' definitions:
Definition of 'rampant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression"
adjective
Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; "a lion rampant" [syn: rampant(ip), rearing]
adjective
(of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"
Definition of 'Rampant'
From: GCIDE
- Rampant \Ramp"ant\ (r[a^]mp"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of ramper to creep. See Ramp, v.]
- 1. Ramping; leaping; springing; rearing upon the hind legs; hence, raging; furious. [1913 Webster]
- The fierce lion in his kind Which goeth rampant after his prey. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- [The] lion . . . rampant shakes his brinded mane. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Ascending; climbing; rank in growth; exuberant. [1913 Webster]
- The rampant stalk is of unusual altitude. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Her.) Rising with fore paws in the air as if attacking; -- said of a beast of prey, especially a lion. The right fore leg and right hind leg should be raised higher than the left. [1913 Webster]
- Rampant arch. (a) An arch which has one abutment higher than the other. (b) Same as Rampant vault, below.
- Rampant gardant (Her.), rampant, but with the face turned to the front.
- Rampant regardant, rampant, but looking backward.
- Rampant vault (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a stairway. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rampant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abandoned,
- abounding,
- abundant,
- affluent,
- all-sufficing,
- ample,
- anabatic,
- aplenty,
- ascendant,
- ascending,
- ascensional,
- ascensive,
- average,
- besetting,
- bolt upright,
- bottomless,
- bounteous,
- bountiful,
- climbing,
- common,
- copious,
- current,
- diffuse,
- disobedient,
- disorderly,
- dominant,
- downright,
- effuse,
- elevated,
- epidemic,
- erect,
- everywhere,
- exalted,
- excessive,
- exhaustless,
- extravagant,
- exuberant,
- fat,
- fertile,
- flourishing,
- flush,
- frenzied,
- full,
- galore,
- generous,
- go-go,
- headstrong,
- heady,
- high,
- immoderate,
- in control,
- in plenty,
- in quantity,
- in the ascendant,
- incontinent,
- indiscriminate,
- indulgent,
- inexhaustible,
- inordinate,
- insubordinate,
- intemperate,
- irrepressible,
- irresponsible,
- lavish,
- lawless,
- lax,
- leaping,
- liberal,
- licentious,
- lifted,
- lofty,
- loose,
- luxuriant,
- many,
- maximal,
- mounting,
- much,
- mutinous,
- nonrestrictive,
- normal,
- numerous,
- obstreperous,
- on stilts,
- opulent,
- ordinary,
- out of control,
- out of hand,
- overflowing,
- pandemic,
- permissive,
- plenitudinous,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plenty,
- popular,
- predominant,
- predominating,
- prevailing,
- prevalent,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- profusive,
- raised,
- rank,
- rearing,
- regnant,
- reigning,
- reinless,
- replete,
- revolutionary,
- rich,
- rife,
- riotous,
- rising,
- routine,
- ruling,
- running,
- running over,
- running wild,
- saltatory,
- scandent,
- scansorial,
- self-willed,
- skyrocketing,
- spiraling,
- springing,
- stand-up,
- standard,
- standing up,
- stereotyped,
- stilted,
- sublime,
- superabundant,
- teeming,
- terrorist,
- unaccountable,
- unbounded,
- unbridled,
- unchecked,
- uncoerced,
- uncompelled,
- unconstrained,
- uncontrollable,
- uncontrolled,
- uncurbed,
- undisciplined,
- unforced,
- ungoverned,
- uninhibited,
- unmastered,
- unmeasured,
- unmuzzled,
- unreined,
- unrepressed,
- unreserved,
- unrestrained,
- unrestrictive,
- unruly,
- unsubdued,
- unsuppressed,
- uparching,
- upcast,
- upcoming,
- upended,
- upflung,
- upgoing,
- upgrade,
- uphill,
- uphillward,
- uplifted,
- upraised,
- upreared,
- upright,
- uprising,
- upsloping,
- upstanding,
- upthrown,
- upward,
- upwith,
- usual,
- vertical,
- violent,
- wanton,
- wealthy,
- well-found,
- well-furnished,
- well-provided,
- well-stocked,
- wholesale,
- widespread,
- wild,
- wildcat,
- willful