Ray

/ɹeɪ/

Synonyms for "ray" (125 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (25)

Noun(6 words)
beamshaftbatoidbeam of lightbeamscartilaginous fish
actinic rayactinismamplitudeantinodeatomatomic beamatomic raybeambeam of lightcrestde broglie wavediffractiondiffusediffusiondispersedispersiondropelectromagnetic radiation
Proper Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (38)

electromagnetic waveemanateemanationfishflashfrequencyfrequency bandfrequency spectrumgamma raygleamguided wavein phaseinfrared rayinterferenceinvisible radiationiotajotleamlightlongitudinal wave
Show 10 more words
Noun(7 words)
electron beamhalf-lineirradiationlight beammantaorigin rayoutgoing half-line
Verb(1 words)

Related words (62)

periodperiodic wavephotonradianceradiateradiationradio waveradioraysradiusray of lightreinforcementreptiliaresonanceresonance frequencyribbonribbon of lightscatterscatteringscrapseismic wave
Show 28 more words
shaftshock waveshootshredsmidgensolar rayssound wavespinespokespreadstreakstreamstream of lightstreamersunbeamsurface wavetidal wavetransverse wavetroughultraviolet rayviolet raywavewave equationwave motionwave numberwavelengthwhoopx ray
Verb(1 words)
Noun(13 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

28 entries
cartilaginous fishelasmobranchelectromagnetic radiationelectromagnetic waveemitextendgeometric objectgive offgive outgoleadlightlinenonparticulate radiationoptical phenomenonpass

Showing 16 of 28 words.

More specific

12 entries
cosmic rayelectric rayincoming raylaser beammanta raymoonbeamorigin rayoutgoing rayskatestingraysunbeamvertex ray

Collocations

6 entries
X-raycosmic rayelectric raylaser raystingraysunray

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

12 translations across 8 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • излъчвам verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Czech

2 entries
  • vyzařovat verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
  • zářit verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • raii verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Estonian

2 entries
  • kiirgama verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
  • kiiritama verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Malay

3 entries
  • bersinar verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
  • menyinar verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)
  • sinar verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Māori

1 entries
  • whakawanawana verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • zráčiti verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Turkish

1 entries
  • ışımak verb (to emit something as if in rays, to radiate as if in rays)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Ray was willing to corroborate Gary's story, but the police were still unconvinced that either of them were telling the truth.

Source: tatoeba (2008)

Soon after graduating from trade school, Ray Murphy was taken on as a machinist at the local automobile plant.

Source: tatoeba (29545)

There is not a ray of truth in it.

Source: tatoeba (42899)

There was not a ray of hope before him.

Source: tatoeba (287024)

Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.

More for "ray"