Englishrave
verb
1 the old man was raving about Armageddon and the fires of hell:
talk wildly, babble, jabber, ramble, maunder;
talk incoherently, be delirious.
2 I was angry as hell—I raved and swore at them:
rant, rant and rave, rage, explode in anger, lose one's temper, be beside oneself, storm, fulminate, deliver a tirade/harangue, go into a frenzy, lose control;
shout, roar, thunder, bellow;
be very angry, be furious, be enraged, be incensed, fume;
informal fly off the handle, flip one's lid, blow one's top, go up the wall, blow a fuse, go off the deep end, hit the roof, go through the roof, be livid, have a fit, lose one's cool, go mad, go bananas, go wild, freak out, have steam coming out of one's ears, foam/froth at the mouth, go ape, be fit to be tied;
British, informal go spare, go crackers;
North American, informal flip one's wig;
vulgar slang go apeshit.
3 he raved about her talent and predicted she'd win all the Oscars:
praise enthusiastically, go into raptures about/over, wax lyrical about, sing the praises of, praise to the skies, heap praise on, rhapsodize over, enthuse about/over, gush about/over, throw bouquets at, express delight over, acclaim, eulogize, extol;
informal go wild about, be mad about, go on about;
British, informal big someone/something up;
North American, informal ballyhoo;
dated cry someone/something up;
rare laud, panegyrize.
▷antonyms criticize, condemn.
noun informal
1 the imaginative menu won raves from the local food critics:
enthusiastic/lavish praise, a rapturous reception, tribute, plaudits, encomiums, bouquets;
acclaim, applause.
▷antonyms criticism, condemnation.
2 their annual fancy-dress rave:
party, social gathering, gathering, social occasion, social event, social function, function, get-together, celebration, reunion, festivity, jamboree, reception, at-home, soirée, social;
dance, ball, ceilidh, frolic, carousal, carouse;
North American fete, hoedown, shower, bake, cookout, levee;
Australian, New Zealand corroboree;
West Indian bashment;
Hawaiian luau;
Spanish tertulia;
Judaism simcha;
informal bash, shindig, shindy, blowout, beer-up, disco, do, shebang, bop, hop, whoopee, after-party;
British, informal rave-up, thrash, knees-up, beanfeast, beano, bunfight, jolly, lig;
Irish, informal hooley, crack;
North American, informal blast, wingding, kegger;
Australian, New Zealand, informal shivoo, rage, ding, jollo, rort;
South African, informal jol;
dated squash, squeeze, ding-dong.