Synonyms of rails

rails 1 of 2

noun

plural of rail

1

as in railings

a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports

the stairs are icy, so hold onto the rail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• railings
• guardrails
• balustrades
• banisters
• fenders
• handrails
• taffrails

2

as in roads

a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel

an abandoned stretch of rail that was overgrown with brush

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roads
• railroads
• railways
• elevated railroads
• els
• monorails
• elevateds

rails

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rail

as in rants

Related Words

• rants
• fulminates
• reviles
• damns
• execrates
• imprecates
• cusses
• blasphemes
• swears
• confounds
• curses
• anathematizes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rails

Noun

Walls, backsplash areas and the space beneath upper cabinets rarely get treated as storage, even though rails, pegboards, magnetic strips, floating shelves and hanging baskets can absorb a meaningful share of what currently sits on the counter. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

The process to assemble one of the country’s largest rails-to-trails corridors took about two decades, spanning four mayoral administrations. — Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026

For some cross-border micropayments, stablecoins and other programmable rails may make very small transactions faster and cheaper than traditional methods. — Shlomit Wagman, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026

Kate runs Jack’s company and keeps him on the rails while Sam is a wild child who is more like her Dad. — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026

The space invited us into the world of Gucci, excited us with product on the rails, and reminded everyone of the magic a store can bring to the shopping experience. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026

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