raptures
The word “raptures” has 2 syllables: rap-tures.
It's pronounced as /ˈræptjʊrz/.
What is synonym and antonym for raptures?
In the thesaurus, “raptures” has 7 synonyms and 3 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for raptures along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for raptures
- delights
- ecstasies
- enraptures
- enthrals
- joys
- pleases
- transports
Antonyms for raptures
- depressions
- miseries
- woes
Meanings of raptures
- noun
- Extreme pleasure, happiness or excitement.
- In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, the event when Jesus returns and gathers the souls of living believers. (Usually "the rapture.").
- The act of kidnapping or abducting, especially the forceful carrying off of a woman.
- Rape; ravishment; sexual violation.
- The act of carrying, conveying, transporting or sweeping along by force of movement; the force of such movement; the fact of being carried along by such movement.
- A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
- verb
- To cause to experience great happiness or excitement.
- To experience great happiness or excitement.
- To take (someone) off the Earth and bring (them) to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
- To take part in the Rapture; to leave Earth and go to Heaven as part of the Rapture.
- To state (something, transitive) or talk (intransitive) rapturously.
Example Sentences
- The concert raptures the audience, leaving them in awe of the performance.
- She spoke about her travels with such enthusiasm that it raptures everyone in the room.
- The breathtaking view of the mountains raptures anyone lucky enough to see it.
- The painter’s work raptures those who appreciate fine art.
- His passionate speech about conservation raptures all who care about the environment.
On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to raptures, such as: delights, depressions, ecstasies, enraptures, enthrals, joys, miseries.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
ecstasies
- blisses
- delights
- elation
- elations
- euphoria
- frenzies
- happiness
- heavens
- intoxications
- joy
- joys
- pleasures
- rapture
- raptures
- rhapsodies
- trances
raps
- accusations
- allegations
- bangs
- beats
- blows
- captures
- carries away
- catches
- charges
- chats
- chatter
- claps
- clips
- converses
- counts
- cracks
- damns
- delights
- drums
- enraptures
- enthrals
- entrances
- gets
- grabs
- hits
- hooks
- hoots
- indictments
- knocks
- lands
- licks
- pleases
- pokes
- pounds
- punches
- raptures
- rattles
- ravishes
- satisfies
- seizes
- slams
- slaps
- smacks
- snatches
- spanks
- strikes
- strokes
- swipes
- syllables
- talks
- taps
- thuds
- thumps
- transports
- whacks
- whits