1. rale, rattle, rattling

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

Example Sentences:
'the death rattle'

• rale
• rattle

2. fantastic, grand, howling, marvellous, marvelous, rattling, terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous

extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as intensifiers

Example Sentences:
'a fantastic trip to the Orient'
'the film was fantastic!'
'a howling success'
'a marvelous collection of rare books'
'had a rattling conversation about politics'
'a tremendous achievement'

• fantastic
• grand
• howling
• marvellous
• marvelous
• terrific
• tremendous
• wonderful
• wondrous

3. alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy

quick and energetic

Example Sentences:
'a brisk walk in the park'
'a lively gait'
'a merry chase'
'traveling at a rattling rate'
'a snappy pace'
'a spanking breeze'

• alert
• brisk
• lively
• merry
• snappy
• spanking
• zippy

4. rattling, real, really, very

used as intensifiers; real' is sometimes used informally for really'; rattling' is informal

Example Sentences:
'she was very gifted'
'he played very well'
'a really enjoyable evening'
'I'm real sorry about it'
'a rattling good yarn'

• real
• really
• very