noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who rants; a noisy, boisterous speaker or declaimer.
2. 2
   A member of an alleged sect in the time of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660) who were regarded as heretical by the established church. historical
3. 3
   someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner wordnet
4. 4
   A jovial fellow. obsolete
5. 5
   One of the Primitive Methodists, who seceded from the Wesleyan Methodists on the ground of their deficiency in fervour and zeal. derogatory, historical

Synonyms

All synonyms

affecterblatherskitebluffblufferblustererbraggart

Etymology

From rant + -er.

Related phrases

ranter-go-round

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.