1. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] a column of light (as from a beacon).
Synonyms
- visible radiation
- low beam
- light beam
- sunbeam
- high beam
- ray of light
- light
- shaft of light
- shaft
- laser beam
- heat ray
- visible light
- beam
- moon-ray
- beam of light
- sunray
- irradiation
- moon ray
Antonyms
- fatty
- well
- impure
- sufficient
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Words that Rhyme with Ray
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- underway
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- overstay
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- monterrey
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- mcstay
Example sentences of the word ray
1. Adjective
Anemone mums produce blooms with extended rows of ray florets surrounding a raised, globular center.
2. Noun, singular or mass
CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors used to be the primary devices for computer use.
Quotes containing the word ray
1. Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
- Lord Byron
2. Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.
- Greg Bear
3. There will never be a good time, financially, to get married, unless you're Shaq or Ray Romano. But somehow people manage. If your man is using money as an excuse not to marry you, it's your relationship that's insecure, not his bank account.
- Greg Behrendt, He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
2. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence.
Synonyms
- pedicel
Antonyms
- compact
- indigestible
3. ray
verb. ['ˈreɪ'] extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center.
Synonyms
- pass
- run
- extend
- go
- lead
Antonyms
- dematerialise
- stay in place
- be born
- survive
4. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] cartilaginous fishes having horizontally flattened bodies and enlarged winglike pectoral fins with gills on the underside; most swim by moving the pectoral fins.
Synonyms
- manta ray
- skate
- eagle ray
- crampfish
- devilfish
- manta
- guitarfish
- stingray
- electric ray
- selachian
- sawfish
- elasmobranch
- torpedo
Antonyms
- bright
- dull
- dullness
- light
5. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] (mathematics) a straight line extending from a point.
Antonyms
- heavy-duty
6. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] any of the stiff bony spines in the fin of a fish.
Synonyms
- fin
Antonyms
- darken
- ascend
7. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization.
Synonyms
- solfa syllable
Antonyms
- heavy
- black
8. ray
noun. ['ˈreɪ'] a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation.
Synonyms
- cathode ray
- electromagnetic radiation
- nonparticulate radiation
- electron beam
- beam
- electromagnetic wave
Antonyms
- heavy-footed
- deep
- serious
- significant
9. ray
verb. ['ˈreɪ'] expose to radiation.
Synonyms
- bombard
- process
- irradiate
Antonyms
- defend
- asymmetrical
- simple
- keep down
10. ray
verb. ['ˈreɪ'] emit as rays.
Synonyms
- emit
- give out
Antonyms
- forbid
- invalidate
- disapprove