rife
Meaning of rife
adjective
- Widespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
Smallpox was rife after the siege had been lifted.
- Abounding; present in large numbers, plentiful.
These woodlands are rife with red deer.
- Full of (mostly unpleasant or harmful things).
Many post-colonial governments were rife with lawlessness and corruption.
- Having power; active; nimble.
- Plentifully, abundantly.
The snowdrops grow rife on the slopes of Mount Pembroke.
Information about rife
- The plural form of rife is: rives.
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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:
Meaning overabundant:
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Translation of rife
- Italian: prevalente, aggiornato
- Spanish: actual, actualizado
Anagrams of rife
Words that rhyme with rife
cauldrife, Tenerife, wakerife, wasterife, walkrife, waukrife, unrife, overrife, loosestrife, strife, understrife, wastrife
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