Thesaurus results for RAILS

rails 1 of 2

noun

plural of rail

as in railings

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports the stairs are icy, so hold onto the rail

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as in roads

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel an abandoned stretch of rail that was overgrown with brush

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rails

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rail

as in rants

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Recent Examples of rails

Noun

So get ready to ride the rails because these beautiful train trips in Italy are just as much about the journey as the destination. — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026 Each secures and slides via a series of side rails that look very similar to the ones for adjusting height of the grates on my Camp Chef vault smoker. — New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026 That vision only becomes reality if enough capital, attention and regulatory comfort flow into tokenization first, on both the demand side and the rails side. — Ivan Kan, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Period details including plasterwork, timber paneling, and dado rails were restored, while modern systems and technology were discreetly incorporated. — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026 In 2023, the Yankees’ season went off the rails when Judge suffered a torn ligament in his toe. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The general view is both sides have incentives to keep the relationship on the rails for the next few months. — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 In 2023 the European Sleeper launched its first overnight route between Brussels and Berlin on existing rails. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 This systematic integration of DPI means that a small-scale weaver in India or an artisan in Egypt can plug directly into a multi-nation marketplace without navigating complex Western banking rails. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rails

Noun

The victim suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries, as bystanders on the boardwalk jumped over railings to avoid the speeding car.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
In some extreme cases, views were restricted by railings, but many complained about poor sightlines or having bridges in the way.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of railings

Verb

And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025

Definition of rants

Noun

The regulator rejected the railroads’ original application as incomplete in January.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026
Buffett invested in traditional companies embedded in the real economy with a focus on value, like insurance companies, railroads and public utilities.

— John Towfighi, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of railroads

Noun

Uganda then had a large population of Indian immigrants, who had been brought over by the British at the end of the nineteenth century to help construct railways, and who eventually established more economic autonomy and power than Black Ugandans.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
These have included arson, high-profile hacks, GPS jamming as well as sabotage actions against key infrastructure, including undersea communication cables, logistics centers and railways.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026