ravishes

The word “ravishes” has 3 syllables: rav-ish-es

It's pronounced as /ˈræ.vɪ.ʃɪz/


What is synonym and antonym for ravishes?

In the thesaurus, “ravishes” has 33 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for ravishes along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ravishes

  • assaults
  • bewitches
  • captivates
  • carries away
  • charms
  • date rapes
  • defiles
  • deflowers
  • delights
  • elates
  • enchants
  • enraptures
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • entrances
  • excites
  • exhilarates
  • fascinates
  • forces
  • gang rapes
  • gladdens
  • gratifies
  • knocks dead
  • molests
  • paws
  • pleases
  • rapes
  • raps
  • raptures
  • satisfies
  • stirs
  • transports
  • violates

Meanings of ravishes

  • verb
    1. To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.
    2. (usually passive) To transport with joy or delight; to delight to ecstasy.
    3. To rape.

Example Sentences

  • The stunning music ravishes the hearts of all who hear it.
  • Her beauty ravishes every soul that passes her way.
  • The scent of the blooming garden ravishes the senses in spring.
  • He paints in a way that ravishes the viewer’s imagination.
  • The sunset over the mountains ravishes the eyes with color and light.

On this page you'll find 33 synonyms or another words to ravishes, such as: assaults, bewitches, captivates, carries away, charms, date rapes, defiles.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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takes off

  • abandons
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  • become airborne
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  • go
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  • head
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  • hit the road
  • hit the trail
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  • pillages
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  • pull out
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  • pulls up stakes
  • pushes off
  • pushes on
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  • quit
  • quits
  • ransacks
  • ravishes
  • reduces
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  • retires
  • retreats
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  • ridicule
  • rifles
  • rips off
  • robs
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  • runs along
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  • sacks
  • scarpers
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  • soar
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  • squeezes
  • starts
  • steps out
  • sticks
  • sticks up
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  • strips
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  • take to the air
  • takes a hike
  • takes a powder
  • takes a walk
  • travesty
  • trims
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  • undresses
  • vacates
  • vamoose
  • vamooses
  • walks out
  • whittles
  • withdraw
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ransacks

  • ascertains
  • audits
  • breaks in
  • browses
  • burglarizes
  • combs
  • descries
  • despoils
  • detects
  • determines
  • discovers
  • dredges
  • examines
  • explores
  • finds
  • finds out
  • frisks
  • gets
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  • hunts
  • inspects
  • investigates
  • learns
  • locates
  • looks over
  • loots
  • marauds
  • pats down
  • peruses
  • pillages
  • plunders
  • probes
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  • raids
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  • ravishes
  • reviews
  • rifles
  • rips off
  • rummages
  • runs down
  • sacks
  • scans
  • scares up
  • scours
  • scrutinizes
  • searches
  • shakes down
  • skirmishes
  • snoops
  • studies
  • surveys
  • trolls

rapes

  • abductions
  • acquaintance rapes
  • assaults
  • date rapes
  • defilements
  • defiles
  • deflowers
  • forces
  • gang rapes
  • highjackings
  • hijackings
  • impressments
  • indecent assaults
  • kidnapings
  • kidnappings
  • molestations
  • molests
  • paws
  • ravishes
  • ravishments
  • seizures
  • sexual assaults
  • snatches
  • statutory rapes
  • violates
  • violations

raps

  • KOs
  • abducts
  • accusations
  • aces
  • allegations
  • apprehends
  • arraignments
  • arrests
  • babbles
  • backchat
  • bags
  • bangs
  • bashes
  • bastinades
  • bastinadoes
  • bats
  • batterings
  • batters
  • bays
  • beans
  • beatings
  • beats
  • belts
  • bewitches
  • biffs
  • bits
  • blabs
  • blows
  • blows smoke
  • bludgeons
  • bobs
  • body blows
  • bonks
  • bops
  • boxes
  • brains
  • buffets
  • bumps
  • bungs
  • bunts
  • busts
  • butts
  • cackle
  • cackles
  • canes
  • captivates
  • captures
  • carries away
  • catches
  • causeries
  • censures
  • chaffers
  • charges
  • charms
  • chats
  • chatter
  • chatters
  • chews the fat
  • chews the rag
  • chin music
  • chin-wag
  • chinks
  • chins
  • chitchats
  • chops
  • chucks
  • claps
  • clasps
  • clatters
  • clicks
  • clinks
  • clips
  • clobbers
  • clocks
  • clouts
  • clubs
  • clutches
  • collars
  • colloquies
  • complaints
  • condemnations
  • confabs
  • confabulations
  • conferences
  • conks
  • continentals
  • converses
  • cops
  • corners
  • corrals
  • counter-accusations
  • counter-blows
  • counter-charges
  • counter-strokes
  • counteraccusations
  • counterblows
  • countercharges
  • counterpunches
  • counters
  • counterstrokes
  • counts
  • cracks
  • creams
  • criminations
  • crosstalk
  • crumbs
  • crunchers
  • cudgels
  • cuffs
  • dabs
  • damns
  • darns
  • debates
  • decks
  • delights
  • denunciations
  • descants
  • detains
  • dialogs
  • dialogues
  • diddlies
  • diddly-squats
  • discourses
  • discusses
  • doodley-squats
  • doodly-squats
  • douses
  • driblets
  • drubbings
  • drubs
  • drums
  • dumps
  • durns
  • elates
  • enchants
  • enmeshes
  • enraptures
  • ensnares
  • entangles
  • enthralls
  • enthrals
  • entrances
  • entraps
  • exchanges
  • excites
  • exhilarates
  • expatiates
  • fascinates
  • fells
  • figs
  • fillips
  • fists
  • flails
  • flicks
  • flogs
  • floors
  • gab
  • gabbles
  • gabfests
  • gabs
  • gases
  • gasses
  • gets
  • ghosts
  • give-and-takes
  • gladdens
  • glimmers
  • gloms
  • gloves
  • gossip
  • gossips
  • grabs
  • grapples
  • grasps
  • gratifies
  • grips
  • hacks
  • halters
  • hammers
  • hands
  • hangs one on
  • happy talk
  • haymakers
  • hints
  • hits
  • holds
  • hooks
  • hoots
  • immeshes
  • impeachments
  • implications
  • imputations
  • incriminations
  • indictments
  • innuendoes
  • innuendos
  • insinuations
  • iotas
  • jabbers
  • jabs
  • jangle
  • jaws
  • jostles
  • jots
  • kayos
  • kibbitzes
  • kibitzes
  • kicks
  • kidnaps
  • knees
  • knockdowns
  • knockouts
  • knocks
  • knocks dead
  • knocks down
  • laces
  • lambastes
  • lambasts
  • lands
  • larrups
  • lashes
  • lassos
  • lefts
  • levels
  • lickings
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  • little
  • mangles
  • mauls
  • meshes
  • mites
  • modicums
  • nabs
  • nails
  • natters
  • nets
  • nips
  • nobbles
  • one-twos
  • ounces
  • palavers
  • parleys
  • particles
  • pastes
  • pastings
  • pats
  • patter
  • patters
  • peanuts
  • pelts
  • peppers
  • picks
  • pings
  • pins
  • pit-a-pats
  • pitter-patters
  • pleas
  • pleases
  • plumps
  • pokes
  • pommels
  • pounds
  • prates
  • prattles
  • prods
  • pummels
  • punches
  • pushes
  • rabbit punches
  • rabbit-punches
  • raptures
  • rattles
  • ravishes
  • rays
  • recriminations
  • rends
  • right-handers
  • rights
  • ropes
  • roughs
  • roundhouses
  • runs on
  • saps
  • satisfies
  • schmoozes
  • scraps
  • scruples
  • scuffs
  • secures
  • seizes
  • semblances
  • shades
  • shadows
  • shivers
  • shmoozes
  • shoots the breeze
  • shoves
  • shreds
  • sidewinders
  • skoshes
  • skulls
  • slams
  • slaps
  • slashes
  • sledgehammers
  • sledges
  • slogs
  • slugs
  • smacks
  • small talk
  • smashes
  • smidgens
  • smidgeons
  • smidges
  • smidgins
  • smites
  • snags
  • snaps
  • snares
  • snatches
  • socks
  • spanks
  • spears
  • specks
  • spots
  • sprinklings
  • squats
  • stabs
  • stamps
  • stingers
  • stirs
  • strains
  • streaks
  • strikes
  • stripes
  • strokes
  • sucker punches
  • suspicions
  • swats
  • swings
  • swipes
  • switches
  • syllables
  • symposia
  • symposiums
  • table talk
  • tags
  • talks
  • talks a blue streak
  • taps
  • tattles
  • thrashes
  • thrashings
  • thuds
  • thumps
  • thwacks
  • tips
  • tittles
  • touches
  • traces
  • transports
  • traps
  • twitters
  • uppercuts
  • visits
  • wallopings
  • wallops
  • welts
  • whacks
  • whales
  • whams
  • whaps
  • whippings
  • whips
  • whits
  • whoops
  • whops
  • wrests
  • yacks
  • yaks
  • yammers
  • yaps
  • zaps

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