RADIATED Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

radiated

verb

past tense of radiate

as in emanated

to extend outwards from or as if from a central point the heat radiating from the fire the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim

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as in shone

to emit rays of light fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate

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as in emitted

to throw or give off the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves

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Recent Examples of radiated Though the speeches didn’t seem to matter, the fans, known as ARMY, radiated palpable excitement in the stadium. —

Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026 Katie Couric, 69, radiated in a strapless black gown with a voluminous trailing train. —

Christina Perrier, InStyle, 21 May 2026 Pain that radiated from your wrist into your thumb or forearm. —

Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 6 May 2026 While fellow first-round pick Malachi Lawrence will mostly be contained to an outside linebacker role, the versatility theme radiated into day two when the Cowboys took Michigan linebacker Jaishawn Barham in the third round over a group of other talented defenders. —

Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Apr. 2026 Joined by members of the British royal family, Kate radiated in a lavender midi dress, which not only is an ode to the queen, but also a practical and polished spring style. —

Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 Bell, whose screen roles have long radiated decency and sensitivity, channels that guilelessness once more, only to expose it as yet another façade that helps Niall to conceal his darker impulses. —

Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026 This X-ray glow is radiated when the heavy ions of the solar wind, like carbon and oxygen, grab an electron from neutral atoms in either our outer atmosphere or the heliosphere. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Apr. 2026 When nuclear fusion reactions begin, the protostar’s core is small, the pressure produced by nuclear fusion is negligible, and the rate of energy output from nuclear fusion is small compared to the rate of energy radiated away by the protostar at its surface. —

Big Think, 24 Apr. 2026

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Most provocative are the thousands of small seismic tremors that emanated from the area of the slide in the days prior to the mountainside collapsing.

— Ezgi Karasözen, The Conversation, 6 May 2026
Diehard fans banged bass drums, songs emanated from the supporters’ wall and a packed stadium of 7,211 buzzed all the way through stoppage time of a tense game.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026