Synonyms of rallying

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noun

ˈra-lē-iŋ 

as in mobilization

an act of gathering forces together to renew or attempt an effort

the rallying of students to support our petition for better bus service was made a lot easier by this morning's subzero temperatures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mobilization
• rally
• marshaling
• call to arms
• summons
• convening
• call
• convocation
• muster
• mustering
• call-up

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adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

he took his friends' rallying remarks about his girlfriend good-naturedly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• razzing
• mocking
• bantering
• fooling
• sarcastic
• quizzical
• kidding
• chaffing
• ribbing
• ridiculing
• jesting
• funning
• joshing
• taunting
• jeering
• baiting
• heckling
• derisive
• bandying
• deriding
• needling
• derisory
• hassling
• scornful
• quipping
• contemptuous
• disdainful

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verb (1)

present participle of rally

1

as in mobilizing

to assemble and make ready for action

rallied the Red Cross workers to deal with the devastating earthquake

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mobilizing
• organizing
• summoning
• marshaling
• arranging
• ordering
• mustering
• activating
• grouping
• convening
• calling (up)
• lining up
• collecting
• rounding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• disrupting
• demobilizing
• dismissing
• disturbing
• disorganizing
• demobbing
• disordering
• disarranging
• dissolving
• deactivating
• splitting (up)
• disbanding
• breaking up

2

as in recovering

to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness

despite the best care that medicine could provide, the elderly woman never really rallied from her fractured hip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recovering
• improving
• healing
• gaining
• recuperating
• recouping
• convalescing
• coming back
• reviving
• pulling round
• surviving
• mending
• snapping back
• coming to
• recruiting
• coming around
• coming round
• cheering (up)
• picking up
• perking (up)
• pulling through

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• ailing
• coming down
• declining
• failing
• weakening
• deteriorating
• sinking
• fading
• worsening
• languishing
• sickening
• wasting (away)
• degenerating
• withering
• wilting
• relapsing
• regressing

3

as in rebounding

to regain a former or normal state

after wavering a moment on the balance beam, she quickly rallied and finished with a fine dismount

Synonyms & Similar Words

• recovering
• rebounding
• reviving
• bouncing (back)
• coming back
• making a comeback
• revitalizing
• snapping back
• reanimating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• declining
• worsening

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verb (2)

present participle of rally

as in teasing

to make fun of in a good-natured way

his friends rallied him for missing an easy putt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teasing
• kidding
• joking
• razzing
• riding
• roasting
• ribbing
• chaffing
• jiving
• bantering
• goofing on
• joshing
• taking the mickey out of
• fooling
• funning
• jollying
• wisecracking
• stringing along
• jesting
• quipping
• yukking
• gagging
• japing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rallying

Noun

This time around, his administration has adopted burden shifting as a rallying cry and seems poised to act on it. — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Roberts used the moment as a rallying cry for a Dodgers club that went on to win that year’s World Series with Glasnow not throwing a postseason pitch. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Adjective

And, unlike most other countries in wartime that have been attacked, there was no rallying effect for the government after October 7th. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026

Verb

Those who have done so have been rewarded over the past two years, with shares rallying from $75 in October 2024 to $259 on Monday. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

The Boll Weevils trailed 17-0 in the second quarter before rallying back. — Erick Taylor, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026