RIPSNORTER Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

ripsnorter

noun

ˈrip-ˈsnȯr-tər

Definition of ripsnorter

as in beauty

something very good of its kind had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter, but it turned out to be a real snoozer

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Recent Examples of ripsnorter Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign. — SI.com, 6 July 2019

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Noun

Avantika Vandanapu took a chance and won 40% off a box, while her guest ended up winning an entire beauty box for themselves.

— Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
The firming, plumping cream is a favorite at Vogue HQ—beauty shopping editor Kiana Murden has been raving about this oil-in-gel.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of beauty

Noun

In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
In his dreams, Jose Fiscal Belli is still living an all-American life with his all-American family.

— Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of dream

Noun

Today, Astana’s skyline can keep up with the best of them, with 21st-century architectural marvels made from concrete, steel, and glass cresting over the country’s endless steppes into the horizon.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
And then there is Turin, Italy’s first capital and a Baroque marvel with the Alps to its west and north.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of marvel

Noun

Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.

— Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
The breakfast buffet is supremely surreal A big part of every season of The White Lotus is the breakfast buffet, and the Martinez’s daily extravaganza is a corker.

— Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of corker

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This phenomenon is called the collapse of the wave function, and the resulting physical picture is known as the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics.

— Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Scientists have long known about Kelvin waves, but this year, the phenomena grabbed the public's attention with video explanations receiving thousands of views across TikTok and X.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of phenomenon

Noun

Digitize your dusty DVDs and reclaim shelf space with DVDneXtCOPY, a powerful DVD ripper that preserves your collection.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
Perhaps unlike anyone else in country music beyond maybe Brantley Gilbert, Hardy makes fairly straightforward country radio fare while also making straight-up heavy metal rippers.

— Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of ripper

Noun

O’Rourke and double bassist Johan Berthling shape a steady drone, while Ishibashi’s piano runs suggest time-lapse footage of ice crystals forming, ordinary little bits cohering into objects of wonder.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2026
But Klara’s innocent wonder and unwavering loyalty soon start to heal the family and bring some light to Josie’s complicated world.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

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