rampant
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- widespread, prevalent, profuse, rife, spreading like wildfire, unchecked, uncontrolled, unrestrained
- upright, erect, rearing, standing

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Contrasted words: moderate, temperate, checked, curbed, restrained
Related Words: excessive, immoderate, inordinate

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ram‧pant /ˈræmpənt/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: present participle of ramper 'to climb, crawl']

1. if something bad, such as crime or disease, is rampant, there is a lot of it and it is very difficult to control ⇒ rife, widespread:
Pickpocketing is rampant in the downtown area.
rampant inflation

2. a plant that is rampant grows and spreads quickly, in a way that is difficult to control
—rampantly adverb

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