ray - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• ray

More generic

• elasmobranch
• selachian

More specific

• crampfish
• devilfish
• eagle ray
• electric ray
• guitarfish
• manta
• manta ray
• numbfish
• sawfish
• skate
• stingray
• torpedo

Noun

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

Synonyms

• ray

More generic

• spine

Related

• fin

Noun

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

Synonyms

• ray
• re

More generic

• solfa syllable

Noun

a column of light (as from a beacon)

Synonyms

• beam
• beam of light
• irradiation
• light beam
• ray
• ray of light
• shaft
• shaft of light

More generic

• light
• visible light
• visible radiation

More specific

• heat ray
• high beam
• laser beam
• low beam
• moon ray
• moon-ray
• moonbeam
• sunbeam
• sunray

Noun

a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

Synonyms

• beam
• electron beam
• ray

More generic

• electromagnetic radiation
• electromagnetic wave
• nonparticulate radiation

More specific

• cathode ray
• particle beam

Noun

a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence

Synonyms

• ray

More generic

• pedicel
• pedicle

Noun

(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point

Synonyms

• ray

More generic

• vector

Verb

expose to radiation

Synonyms

• irradiate
• ray

More generic

• process
• treat

More specific

• bombard

Verb

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

Synonyms

• radiate
• ray

More generic

• extend
• go
• lead
• pass
• run

Verb

emit as rays

Synonyms

• ray

More generic

• emit
• give off
• give out

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