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rally

noun · verb · 21 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.

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  • Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹæli/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɹalɪj/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-Zealand: /ˈɹɛli/
  • Scotland: /ˈɾale/
  • Scotland: /-lɪ/
  • Scotland: /-li/
  • Wales: /ˈɾali/
  • rhymes with -æli
  • CMU ARPABET: R AE1 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a campaign rally
  • an election rally

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a political rally

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: table tennis; badminton; table tennis; badminton

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, squash, tennis

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, finance, trading

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recovery moment

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Good-humoured raillery.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muster

Antonyms: none provided

8

verb

Meaning 8

To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unite

Antonyms: none provided

9

verb

Meaning 9

To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recuperate

Antonyms: none provided

10

verb

Meaning 10

To recover strength after a decline in prices.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: stocks etc.

Topics: business, finance, trading

Examples

  • The market fell this morning but rallied later in the day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bounce back, rebound

Antonyms: decline

11

verb

Meaning 11

To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning
  • he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rallying

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feat, effort, exploit

13

noun

Meaning 13

(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • after a short rally Connors won the point

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exchange

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group action

14

noun

Meaning 14

an automobile race run over public roads

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: automobile race, auto race, car race

15

noun

Meaning 15

a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mass meeting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gathering, assemblage

Narrower terms: pep rally, revival, revival meeting

16

noun

Meaning 16

a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: convalescence, recuperation, recovery

17

verb

Meaning 17

return to a former condition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends
  • The stock market rallied

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rebound

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recover, go back, recuperate

18

verb

Meaning 18

harass with persistent criticism or carping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The children teased the new teacher
  • Don't ride me so hard over my failure
  • His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, ride

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mock, bemock

Narrower terms: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe, kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter

19

verb

Meaning 19

call to arms; of military personnel

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: call up, mobilize, mobilise

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: call, send for

20

verb

Meaning 20

gather or bring together

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • muster the courage to do something
  • she rallied her intellect
  • Summon all your courage

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: muster, summon, come up, muster up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: gather, garner, collect, pull together

21

verb

Meaning 21

gather

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • drum up support

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beat up, drum up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collect, pull in

History

Etymology

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).

Across languages

Translations

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: miting — public gathering for a cause
  • Arabic: تَجَمُّع (tajammuʕ) — public gathering for a cause
  • Arabic: مُظَاهَرَة (muẓāhara) — public gathering for a cause
  • Arabic: تَظَاهُر (taẓāhur) — public gathering for a cause
  • Armenian: ցույց (cʻuycʻ) — public gathering for a cause
  • Armenian: հանրահավաք (hanrahavakʻ) — public gathering for a cause
  • Armenian: միտինգ (miting) — public gathering for a cause
  • Azerbaijani: mitinq — public gathering for a cause
  • Belarusian: мі́тынг (mítynh) — public gathering for a cause
  • Bulgarian: ми́тинг (míting) — public gathering for a cause
  • Catalan: míting — public gathering for a cause
  • Catalan: comicis — public gathering for a cause
  • Chinese Mandarin: 集會 /集会 (jíhuì) — public gathering for a cause
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大會 /大会 (dàhuì) — public gathering for a cause
  • Czech: shromáždění — public gathering for a cause
  • Dutch: samenkomst — public gathering for a cause
  • Dutch: meeting — public gathering for a cause
  • Dutch: demonstratie — public gathering for a cause
  • Dutch: betoging — public gathering for a cause
  • Estonian: koostulek — public gathering for a cause
  • Estonian: koosolek — public gathering for a cause
  • Estonian: miiting — public gathering for a cause
  • Finnish: kokoontuminen — public gathering for a cause
  • Finnish: puhetilaisuus — public gathering for a cause
  • Finnish: mielenosoitus — public gathering for a cause
  • French: rassemblement — public gathering for a cause
  • French: meeting — public gathering for a cause
  • French: manifestation — public gathering for a cause
  • Galician: mitin — public gathering for a cause
  • Georgian: მასობრივი მიტინგი (masobrivi miṭingi) — public gathering for a cause
  • Georgian: მიტინგი (miṭingi) — public gathering for a cause
  • German: Kundgebung — public gathering for a cause
  • Greek: συγκέντρωση (sygkéntrosi) — public gathering for a cause
  • Greek: πολιτική συγκέντρωση (politikí sygkéntrosi) — public gathering for a cause
  • Greek: διαδήλωση (diadílosi) — public gathering for a cause
  • Hebrew: עֲצֶרֶת ('atséret) — public gathering for a cause
  • Hungarian: tüntetés — public gathering for a cause
  • Hungarian: gyűlés — public gathering for a cause
  • Italian: raduno — public gathering for a cause
  • Italian: manifestazione — public gathering for a cause
  • Japanese: 大会 (taikai) — public gathering for a cause
  • Japanese: 集会 (shūkai) — public gathering for a cause
  • Kazakh: митинг (mitiñ) — public gathering for a cause
  • Khmer: សមជ្ជ (saʼmaccĕəʼ) — public gathering for a cause
  • Khmer: ក្បួនហែ (kbuən hae) — public gathering for a cause
  • Korean: 대회 (daehoe) — public gathering for a cause
  • Korean: 집회 (jiphoe) — public gathering for a cause
  • Kyrgyz: митинг (miting) — public gathering for a cause
  • Latin: contiō — public gathering for a cause
  • Latin: concursus populi — public gathering for a cause
  • Latin: protestatio popularis — public gathering for a cause
  • Latvian: sapulce — public gathering for a cause
  • Latvian: mītings — public gathering for a cause
  • Lithuanian: susirinkimas — public gathering for a cause
  • Lithuanian: mitingas — public gathering for a cause
  • Macedonian: митинг (miting) — public gathering for a cause
  • Mongolian: жагсаал (žagsaal) — public gathering for a cause
  • Iranian Persian: تَظاهَرات (tazâharât) — public gathering for a cause
  • Iranian Persian: راهْپِیْمایی (râhpeymâyi) — public gathering for a cause
  • Polish: wiec — public gathering for a cause
  • Polish: manifestacja — public gathering for a cause
  • Portuguese: comício — public gathering for a cause
  • Romanian: adunare — public gathering for a cause
  • Romanian: miting — public gathering for a cause
  • Russian: ми́тинг (míting) — public gathering for a cause
  • Russian: ра́лли (rálli) — public gathering for a cause
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѝтинг — public gathering for a cause
  • Serbo-Croatian: mìting — public gathering for a cause
  • Slovak: zhromaždenie — public gathering for a cause
  • Spanish: mitin — public gathering for a cause
  • Spanish: mitín — public gathering for a cause
  • Swedish: samling — public gathering for a cause
  • Swedish: massmöte — public gathering for a cause
  • Swedish: demonstration — public gathering for a cause
  • Swedish: valmöte — public gathering for a cause
  • Tagalog: miting — public gathering for a cause
  • Tagalog: pulungan — public gathering for a cause
  • Tajik: митинг (miting) — public gathering for a cause
  • Tajik: тазоҳурот (tazohurot) — public gathering for a cause
  • Tajik: роҳпаймоӣ (rohpaymoyi) — public gathering for a cause
  • Thai: การชุมนุม (gaan-chum-num) — public gathering for a cause
  • Thai: การเดินขบวน (gaan-dəən-kà-buuan) — public gathering for a cause
  • Turkish: miting — public gathering for a cause
  • Turkish: gösteri — public gathering for a cause
  • Turkmen: miting — public gathering for a cause
  • Ukrainian: мі́тинг (mítynh) — public gathering for a cause
  • Urdu: جَلْسَہ (jalsa) — public gathering for a cause
  • Uzbek: miting — public gathering for a cause
  • Vietnamese: cuộc vận động — public gathering for a cause
  • Vietnamese: mít tinh — public gathering for a cause
  • Bulgarian: размя́на (razmjána) — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Catalan: intercanvi de cops — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Catalan: piloteig — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對拉 /对拉 (duìlā) — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對攻 /对攻 (duìgōng) — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對打 /对打 (duìdǎ) — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Czech: výměna — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Danish: duel — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • German: Ballwechsel — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Japanese: ラリー (rarī) — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Korean: 랠리 (raelli) — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Māori: taupatupatu — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Norwegian: ballveksling — squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton: sequence of strokes
  • Catalan: ral·li — motor racing: event
  • Chinese Mandarin: 拉力賽 /拉力赛 (lālìsài) — motor racing: event
  • Czech: rallye — motor racing: event
  • Czech: rally — motor racing: event
  • Finnish: ralli — motor racing: event
  • French: rallye — motor racing: event
  • French: rally — motor racing: event
  • German: Rallye — motor racing: event
  • Greek: ράλι (ráli) — motor racing: event
  • Greek: ράλλυ (rálly) — motor racing: event
  • Hungarian: rali — motor racing: event
  • Japanese: ラリー (rarī) — motor racing: event
  • Korean: 랠리 (raelli) — motor racing: event
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rally — motor racing: event
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rally — motor racing: event
  • Polish: rajd — motor racing: event
  • Portuguese: rali — motor racing: event
  • Russian: ра́лли (rálli) — motor racing: event
  • Russian: автора́лли (avtorálli) — motor racing: event
  • Spanish: rally — motor racing: event
  • Bulgarian: възстановя́ване (vǎzstanovjávane) — a recovery after a decline in prices
  • Bulgarian: оживле́ние (oživlénie) — a recovery after a decline in prices
  • Catalan: recuperació — a recovery after a decline in prices
  • Bulgarian: прегрупирам (pregrupiram) — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Dutch: verzamelen — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Dutch: groeperen — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • French: rallier — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Norwegian: regruppere (seg) — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Portuguese: reorganizar — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Portuguese: reunir — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Russian: сплачивать (splačivatʹ) — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Spanish: allegar — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Spanish: mitinear — to collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion
  • Bulgarian: подреждам се (podreždam se) — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Dutch: verzamelen — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Finnish: kokoontua — to come into orderly arrangement
  • French: rallier — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Norwegian: samle seg — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Norwegian: fylke seg — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Portuguese: reagrupar — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Spanish: juntarse — to come into orderly arrangement
  • Bulgarian: възстановявам се (vǎzstanovjavam se) — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Dutch: herstellen — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Dutch: genezen — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Finnish: elpyä — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Finnish: toipua — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Norwegian: komme seg — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Norwegian: komme til krefter — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Russian: оправля́ться (opravljátʹsja) — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Russian: восстана́вливать си́лы (vosstanávlivatʹ síly) — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Spanish: recobrarse — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Spanish: volver en sí — to collect one's vital powers or forces
  • Bulgarian: покачвам се (pokačvam se) — to recover strength after a decline in prices
  • Dutch: herstellen — to recover strength after a decline in prices
  • Finnish: elpyä — to recover strength after a decline in prices
  • Finnish: toipua — to recover strength after a decline in prices
  • Spanish: repuntar — to recover strength after a decline in prices
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