Synonyms for ray
reɪray

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1. beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, irradiationnoun

   a column of light (as from a beacon)

   Synonyms:
   beam, shaft, peter, pecker, diaphysis, radio beam, ray of light, actinotherapy, radiation, re, cock, rotating shaft, shaft of light, dick, barb, prick, electron beam, balance beam, scape, slam, spear, dig, calamus, tool, lance, radiotherapy, light beam, quill, gibe, beam of light, putz, jibe, radiation therapy, irradiation, shot

2. raynoun

   a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

   Synonyms:
   light beam, beam of light, electron beam, ray of light, re, beam, shaft, irradiation, shaft of light

3. raynoun

   (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

   Synonyms:
   light beam, beam of light, electron beam, ray of light, re, beam, shaft, irradiation, shaft of light

4. beam, ray, electron beamnoun

   a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

   Synonyms:
   light beam, beam of light, radio beam, ray of light, re, beam, shaft of light, shaft, balance beam, irradiation, electron beam

5. re, raynoun

   the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

   Synonyms:
   light beam, beam of light, shaft, electron beam, beam, shaft of light, ray of light, re, irradiation, atomic number 75, rhenium

6. raynoun

   any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish

   Synonyms:
   light beam, beam of light, electron beam, ray of light, re, beam, shaft, irradiation, shaft of light

7. rayverb

   cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins

   Synonyms:
   light beam, beam of light, electron beam, ray of light, re, beam, shaft, irradiation, shaft of light

8. rayverb

   emit as rays

   "That tower rays a laser beam for miles across the sky"

   Synonyms:
   irradiate, radiate

9. radiate, rayverb

   extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center

   "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions"

   Synonyms:
   irradiate, shine, glow, beam, radiate, diversify

10. irradiate, rayverb

    expose to radiation

    "irradiate food"

    Synonyms:
    enlighten, irradiate, radiate

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1. raynoun

   Synonyms:
   beam, gleam

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1. raynoun

   Synonyms:
   beam, gleam

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1. List of paraphrases for "ray":

   glimmer, radius, rayos, ray-ray, sos, rays, raymond, radii, gleam

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1. List of known nicknames for "Ray":

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1. Richard Levitan:

   Their X-ray's looked awful, their oxygen was terrible, and yet they're completely awake, alert on a cell phone, and they all said is they've been somewhat sick for days, and then only recently did they notice either shortness of breath or fatigue or something else.

2. Manuela Ferreira:

   Adults with sudden back pain do not need to rush to get an X-ray or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), unless the clinician suspects the patient has a more serious condition, such as fracture or cancer, less than 5 percent of patients with low back pain, however, will fall into this category.

3. Mariana Fulger:

   A shroud lies ahead and behind many truths. Reality is (sometimes) a glass wall no ray of light reaches.

4. Adam Andrzejewski:

   In an ironic vignette, at a healthcare facility dedicated to serving blind veterans—the new Palo Alto Polytrauma and Blind Rehabilitation Center—the agency wasted $670,000 on two sculptures no blind veteran can even see, the ‘Helmick Sculpture’ cost $385,000 (2014) and a parking garage exterior wall faade by King Ray Studio for the ‘design, fabrication, and installation of the public artwork’ cost $285,000 (2014).

5. Ray Liotta:

   I am Ray Liotta that if this is what she wants to do, what am I gon na do ? it's what you do and how you handle that time in between, which is what messes up a lot of actors.