Standard Lemma guide

rabid

adj · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹæbɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪbɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɹæbɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -æbɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: R AE1 B IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: R EY1 B IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Affected with rabies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a rabid dog or fox

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a rabid virus

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Furious; raging; extremely violent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fierce, infuriate, raging, ferocious, furious, grim, incessive, rabid, savage, volatile, wild

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • a rabid socialist
  • rabid Green Bay Packers fans

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ardent, fanatical, maximum, utmost, extreme, ferocious, exquisite, intense, almighty, greatest, highest, maximal, passing, raging, ultimate, uttermost

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A human or animal infected with rabies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Someone who is fanatical in opinion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

of or infected by rabies

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rabid isolationist

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fanatic, fanatical, overzealous

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin rabiō Proto-Indo-European *dheh1-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rabidusbor. English rabid From the Latin rabidus, from rabiō (“to rave”).

Across languages

Translations

107 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: јӱӱлгек (ǰüülgek) — affected with rabies
  • Arabic: مَكْلُوب (maklūb) — affected with rabies
  • Arabic: مَسْعُور (masʕūr) — affected with rabies
  • Armenian: կատաղի (kataġi) — affected with rabies
  • Asturian: rabiosu — affected with rabies
  • Azerbaijani: quduz — affected with rabies
  • Belarusian: шалёны (šaljóny) — affected with rabies
  • Bulgarian: болен от бяс (bolen ot bjas) — affected with rabies
  • Catalan: rabiós — affected with rabies
  • Czech: vzteklý — affected with rabies
  • Dutch: dol — affected with rabies
  • Dutch: hondsdol — affected with rabies
  • Finnish: raivotautinen — affected with rabies
  • Finnish: vesikauhuinen — affected with rabies
  • French: enragé — affected with rabies
  • Gagauz: kuduz — affected with rabies
  • Galician: rabioso — affected with rabies
  • Galician: doente — affected with rabies
  • German: tollwütig — affected with rabies
  • Greek: λυσσασμένος (lyssasménos) — affected with rabies
  • Hungarian: veszett — affected with rabies
  • Irish: confach — affected with rabies
  • Italian: arrabbiato — affected with rabies
  • Italian: rabbioso — affected with rabies
  • Malay: gila — affected with rabies
  • Mongolian: галзуу (galzuu) — affected with rabies
  • Polish: wściekły — affected with rabies
  • Portuguese: raivoso — affected with rabies
  • Romanian: turbat — affected with rabies
  • Russian: бе́шеный (béšenyj) — affected with rabies
  • Slovene: stekel — affected with rabies
  • Spanish: rabioso — affected with rabies
  • Tày: bả — affected with rabies
  • Turkish: kuduz — affected with rabies
  • Turkish: kuduzlu — affected with rabies
  • Turkmen: guduz — affected with rabies
  • Ukrainian: скаже́ний (skažényj) — affected with rabies
  • Vietnamese: dại — affected with rabies
  • Welsh: cynddeiriog — affected with rabies
  • Armenian: կատաղի (kataġi) — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Asturian: rabiosu — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Bulgarian: бесен (besen) — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Catalan: rabiós — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Finnish: raivotautinen — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Finnish: vesikauhuinen — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Finnish: raivotauti- — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Finnish: vesikauhu- — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • German: Tollwut- — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Greek: λυσσώδης (lyssódis) — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Irish: confach — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Italian: arrabbiato — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Mongolian: галзуу (galzuu) — of or pertaining to rabies, or hydrophobia
  • Arabic: مَسْعُور (masʕūr) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Armenian: կատաղի (kataġi) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Asturian: rabiosu — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Asturian: rabiáu — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Bulgarian: яростен (jarosten) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Bulgarian: побеснял (pobesnjal) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Catalan: rabiós — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Czech: zuřivý — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Czech: fanatický — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Dutch: razend — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Emilian: rabî — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Finnish: raivokas — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Finnish: raivoisa — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • French: enragé — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Galician: rabioso — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Galician: rabiado — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Galician: doente — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • German: wütend — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • German: rabiat — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Greek: λυσσαλέος (lyssaléos) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Greek: μαινόμενος (mainómenos) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Irish: confach — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Italian: arrabbiato — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Latin: rabidus — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rabiat — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Plautdietsch: doll — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Portuguese: raivoso — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Portuguese: furioso — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Romanian: turbat — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Russian: я́ростный (járostnyj) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Russian: бе́шеный (béšenyj) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Russian: неи́стовый (neístovyj) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Russian: взбеси́вшийся (vzbesívšijsja) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Serbo-Croatian: bijesan — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Spanish: rabioso — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Swedish: rabiat — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Ukrainian: лю́тий (ljútyj) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Ukrainian: скаже́ний (skažényj) — furious; raging; extremely violent
  • Armenian: կատաղի (kataġi) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Bulgarian: неистов (neistov) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Dutch: rabiaat — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Emilian: rabî — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Finnish: kiihkeä — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • German: fanatisch — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Greek: φανατικός (fanatikós) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Greek: μανιώδης (maniódis) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Italian: arrabbiato — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Russian: фанати́чный (fanatíčnyj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Russian: неи́стовый (neístovyj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Russian: я́ростный (járostnyj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Swedish: rabiat — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Ukrainian: здурі́лий (zdurílyj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Ukrainian: скаже́ний (skažényj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Ukrainian: зви́хнений (zvýxnenyj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous
  • Ukrainian: збо́чений (zbóčenyj) — very extreme, unreasonable, or fanatical in opinion; excessively zealous