| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | celebratory meeting |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, assembly, celebration, clambake, convention, convocation, get-together, mass meeting, meet, pep rally, pow-wow, session |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn for the better |
Synonyms: |
comeback, improvement, recovery, recuperation, renewal, resurgence, revival, turning point |
Antonyms: |
regression, remission, weakening |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reorganize, unite |
Synonyms: |
arouse, assemble, awaken, bestir, bond together, bring to order, bring together, call to arms, challenge, charge, collect, come about, come to order, come together, convene, counterattack, encourage, fire, gather, get together, inspirit, kindle, marshal, mobilize, muster, organize, reassemble, redouble, reform, refresh, regroup, rejuvenate, renew, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive, round up, rouse, summon, surge, urge, wake, waken, whet, wreak havoc |
Antonyms: |
disperse, divide, scatter |
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revive; take a turn for the better |
Synonyms: |
bounce back, brace up, come along, come around, come from behind, enliven, get act together, get back in shape, get better, get second wind, grow stronger, improve, invigorate, make a comeback, perk up, pick up, pull through, recover, recuperate, refresh, regain strength, shape up, snap out of it, surge, turn around, turn things around |
Antonyms: |
lose, regress, weaken |
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, fire up, foment, foster, goad, heat up, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake up, waken, warm, whet, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | assemble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | congregate |
Synonyms: |
accumulate, agglomerate, amass, bring together, bunch, bunch up, call, call together, capture*, collect, come together, convene, convoke, corral*, flock, gang up, gather, group, hang around, hang out*, huddle, lump, make the scene, meet, meet up, mobilize, muster, rally, reunite, round up, scare up, summon, unite |
Antonyms: |
disperse, scatter |
| Main Entry: | assembly |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | congregation |
Synonyms: |
accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, association, band, body, bunch, clambake, cluster, coffee klatch, collection, company, conclave, confab, conference, convocation, council, crew, crowd, faction, flock, gathering, get-together, group, huddle, mass, meet*, meeting, multitude, rally, sit-in, throng, turnout |
| Main Entry: | awaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make conscious or alert |
Synonyms: |
activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, pile out, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine, roll out, rouse, show a leg, stimulate, stir up, turn out, vivify, wake |
Antonyms: |
deaden, go to sleep, hypnotize |
| Main Entry: | call |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange meeting |
Synonyms: |
ask, assemble, bid, collect, contact, convene, convoke, gather, invite, muster, phone, rally, request, ring up, subpoena, summon, telephone |
Antonyms: |
cancel, stop |
| Main Entry: | chaff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | joke, ridicule |
Synonyms: |
banter, deride, fun, jeer, jolly, josh, kid, mock, rag, rally, razz, rib, scoff, taunt, tease |
| Notes: | to chafe means to rub until sore or worn; to chaff means to tease good-naturedly |