Synonyms for radiate

Synonyms for (verb) radiate

Synonyms: radiate

Definition: send out real or metaphoric rays

Usage: She radiates happiness

Similar words: emit, breathe, pass off

Definition: expel (gases or odors)


Synonyms: diversify, radiate

Definition: spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate

Usage: The plants on this island diversified

Similar words: vary, change, alter

Definition: become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence

Usage: her mood changes in accordance with the weather; The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season


Synonyms: radiate

Definition: issue or emerge in rays or waves

Usage: Heat radiated from the metal box

Similar words: egress, issue, emerge, go forth, come forth, come out

Definition: come out of

Usage: Water issued from the hole in the wall; The words seemed to come out by themselves


Synonyms: beam, glow, radiate, shine

Definition: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

Usage: She was beaming with joy; Her face radiated with happiness

Similar words: feel, experience

Definition: undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind

Usage: She felt resentful; He felt regret


Synonyms: radiate

Definition: cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays

Usage: The sun is radiating

Similar words: cause to be perceived

Definition: have perceptible qualities


Synonyms: shine, glow, radiate, beam

Definition: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

Usage: Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna

Similar words: seem, look, appear

Definition: give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect

Usage: She seems to be sleeping; This appears to be a very difficult problem; This project looks fishy; They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time


Synonyms: radiate, ray

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

Usage: spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel; This plants radiate spines in all directions

Similar words: extend, run, lead, go, pass

Definition: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

Usage: Service runs all the way to Cranbury; His knowledge doesn't go very far; My memory extends back to my fourth year of life; The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets


Synonyms: radiate

Definition: send out rays or waves

Usage: The sun radiates heat

Similar words: give off, give out, emit

Definition: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Usage: The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits


Synonyms for (adj) radiate

Synonyms: radiate

Definition: having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

Similar words: compound

Definition: composed of more than one part

Usage: compound leaves are composed of several lobes; compound flower heads


Synonyms: radial, radiate, stellate

Definition: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

Usage: radial symmetry; a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals; many cities show a radial pattern of main highways

Similar words: symmetric, symmetrical

Definition: having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts


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