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Synonyms for rattling

  • adjective

Most common

wonderful fantastic terrific howling lively snappy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Howling

howling, terrific, fantastic, marvelous US, marvellous UK, wonderful, tremendous, grand, wondrous, phenomenal

2. Snappy — lively, quick (speech, pace)

snappy, lively, alert, merry, zippy informal, brisk, spanking, energetic

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Lively, quick (speech, pace).

  2. adj. 2

    good, fine.

Related words

Other spellings
ratlin ratline ratling rattlin rattline

Choose the right word

Rattling or Shaking?

Rattling refers directly to the sound produced by shaking.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • wonderful The music we listened to last night was wonderful.
  • fantastic It would be fantastic if you could do that for me.
  • terrific "You look terrific. Did you lose weight?" "I wish."
  • howling The dogs started howling when Tom started singing.
  • lively She has a lively interest in everything around us.
  • snappy She is very snappy, so don't get too close to her.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rattlingrising
wonderfulrising
fantasticrising
terrificrising
howlingrising
livelysteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
grand1, alert2, merry2, brisk1, zippy2
6 letters
lively2, snappy2
7 letters
howling2
8 letters
terrific3, spanking2, wondrous2
9 letters
wonderful3, fantastic3, energetic4, marvelous3
10 letters
tremendous3, phenomenal4, marvellous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alert2 = 2 syllables).