Synonyms for rod
rɒdrod

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1. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   skyfish

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1. rodnoun

   a long thin implement made of metal or wood

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

2. rodnoun

   any rod-shaped bacterium

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

3. perch, rod, polenoun

   a linear measure of 16.5 feet

   Synonyms:
   retinal rod, perch, celestial pole, rod cell, gat, magnetic pole, terminal, pole

4. perch, rod, polenoun

   a square rod of land

   Synonyms:
   retinal rod, perch, celestial pole, rod cell, gat, magnetic pole, terminal, pole

5. rod, rod cell, retinal rodnoun

   a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

6. gat, rodnoun

   a gangster's pistol

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

Matched Categories

1. • Area Unit
   • Bacterium
   • Implement
   • Linear Unit
   • Pistol
   • Visual Cell

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1. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   twig, shoot

2. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   wand, slender stick

3. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   switch, scourge, birch

4. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   pole, perch

5. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   CUE

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1. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   wand, cane, stick, pole, perch, 16-1/2 feet

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1. List of paraphrases for "rod":

   roed, dipstick, cane, bar, pushrod, rudd, stem, wand, ruud, stems, stalk, stick, crd, tie-rod, splint, shoot

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1. President Barack Obama:

   While he was seen by his fiercest critics as a partisan lightning rod, that's not the prism through which Ted Kennedy saw the world, nor was it the prism through which his colleagues saw Ted Kennedy.

2. Siddharth Lakhotia:

   Air and blood flooded the chest cavity. The local police provided the medical facility with great readiness, when this patient came to us, he was unconscious. It seemed almost impossible that he would survive. The only way to save him was to remove the rod by surgery and pray to God.

3. James Comey:

   I think people like that, like Rod Rosenstein, who are people of accomplishment but not real sterling character, strong character, find themselves trapped, and then they start telling themselves a story to justify their being trapped, which is, yeah, Rod Rosenstein's awful, but the country needs me.

4. Andy White:

   If [ Trump ] asks Rod to fire Mr. Mueller, Rod would resign. That's my guess, because at that point, it is untenable. You have a President who is not respecting the process and not respecting the Constitution.

5. Hai Lam:

   Starting this year, I think Shaquille O’Neal invested in a team, A-Rod invested in a team, Rick Fox owns a team. It’s all these celebrities and big money people from the industry outside of this are starting to look at this and say ‘hey, this is pretty cool.’ So they’re tossing money now.