rape: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 6 letter points · starts with R · ends with E
Meaning of rape
noun
- countable, uncountable
The act of forcing sex upon another person without their consent or against their will; originally coitus forced by a man on a woman, but now generally any sex act forced by any person upon another person, regardless of gender; by extension, any non-consensual sex act forced on or perpetrated by any being.
- countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. Overpowerment; utter defeat.
- countable, offensive, slang, sometimes, uncountable
An experience that is pleasant for one party and unpleasant for the other, particularly when the unwilling partner's suffering is worse than necessary. An insult to one's senses so severe that one feels that they cannot ever be the same afterwards.
Example: The ear rape of that concert was so bad I can't even listen to their songs at work anymore.
- archaic, countable, uncountable
The taking of something by force; seizure, plunder.
Example: the Rape of Nanjing
Listed forms: rapes.
Source: Wiktionary — rape.
verb
- transitive
To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent.
- intransitive, transitive
To seize by force. (Now often with sexual overtones.)
- transitive
To carry (someone, especially a woman) off against their will, especially for sex; to abduct.
- transitive
To plunder, to destroy or despoil.
Listed forms: rapes, raping, raped.
Source: Wiktionary — rape.
noun
- historical
One of the six former administrative divisions of Sussex, England.
Listed forms: rapes.
Source: Wiktionary — rape.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for rape.
noun
Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop
- colza
- Brassica napus
noun
the act of despoiling a country in warfare
noun
the crime of forcing a person to submit to sexual intercourse against his or her will
verb
force (someone) to have sex against their will
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rape in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rape
R(1) + A(1) + P(3) + E(1) = 6 points.
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Anagrams of rape
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from rape
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rape. Showing up to 24, longest first.