1. Gather or bring together
   "she rallied her intellect";
   - muster, summon, come up, muster up
    
2. Gather or generate support, interest, or participation for a particular purpose
   "rally support";
   - drum up
    
3. Call to arms; of military personnel
   "The general rallied his troops";
   - call up, mobilize, mobilise [Brit]
    
4. Recover quickly from a setback
   "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied";
   - rebound
    
5. Deliberately provoke by mocking or poking fun
   "His siblings rallied him about his new haircut";
   - tease, razz [N. Amer, informal], rag, cod [Brit, informal], bait, taunt, twit [informal], ride [N. Amer, informal], wind up [Brit, informal]

1. A large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
   "The candidate held a mass meeting to rally support for his campaign";
   - mass meeting
    
2. The feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
   "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning";
   - rallying
    
3. A marked recovery
   "The stock market experienced a rally after months of decline"
    
4. An automobile race run over public roads
   "The Monte Carlo Rally is one of the most famous in motorsport"
    
5. (sport) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
   "after a short rally Connors won the point";
   - exchange

Derived forms: rallies, rallied, rallying

Type of: assemblage, assembly, auto race, automobile race, bemock [archaic], call, car race, collect, convalescence, effort, exploit, feat, garner, gather, gathering, go back, group action, mock, pull in, pull together, recover, recovery, recuperate, recuperation, send for

Encyclopedia: Rally