rife

Meaning of rife

adjective
  1. Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
    Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.
  2. Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
    These woodlands are rife with red deer.
  3. Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
    Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.
  4. Having power; active; nimble.
adverb
  1. Plentifully, abundantly.
    The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.

Information about rife

Hyphenation of rife

rife

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • rife is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

rife synonyms

Meaning prevailing:

prevailing, prevalent

Meaning overabundant:

overabundant, plethoric

Meaning :

filled, pandemic, ubiquitous

Translation of rife

Anagrams of rife

fier, fire, Frei, reif

Words that rhyme with rife

cauldrife, Tenerife, wakerife, wasterife, walkrife, waukrife, unrife, overrife, loosestrife, strife, understrife, wastrife

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