Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "relay" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Indian relay Swedish relay mail relay misrelay misrelay nanorelay nanorelay phosphorelay phosphorelay radio relay reed relay relay cylinder relay race relay room relay strike spam relay time-delay relay

Derived From

lay

Inflected/Variant Forms

re lay

Context

athletics electronics historical hunting

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

communicate control electrical device handing over operate pass pass along pass on passage put across race shift team

Type Of (IsA)

electrical device passage shift team

Manner Of

communicate operate

Part Of

circuit

Related Terms

actuator baton current horse hound pass on place route sequence series track and field transfer vehicle voltage

Synonym Network

convey relays

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.