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ray

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ray

1 a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object
  • Two red eyes were reflected in the ray of light from the flashlight.
Synonyms of ray

beam, shaft
Words Related to ray

moonbeam, sunbeam, sunburst

laser, spotlight
2 a very small amount
  • The new treatment brings a ray of hope to all who suffer from the condition.
Synonyms of ray

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, suspicion, tad, touch, trace
Words Related to ray

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

dose, shot
Phrases Synonymous with ray

drop in the bucket
Near Antonyms of ray

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

volume

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

ray

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of ray

1 to emit rays of light
  • Klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere.
Synonyms of ray

beam, radiate, shine
Words Related to ray

blaze, burn, fire, flame, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, luminesce, sheen, shimmer

blink, coruscate, flare, flash, flicker, luster (or lustre), scintillate, sparkle, twinkle

beat (down), glare

brighten, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, lighten

bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle
Near Antonyms of ray

blacken, darken

lower (also lour)
2 to extend outwards from or as if from a central point
  • Laugh wrinkles rayed out from the corners of the old man's eyes.
Synonyms of ray

branch, fan (out), radiate
Words Related to ray

diffuse, dispel, disperse, dissipate

fork, stem

diverge, divide, part, ramify, separate, split, uncouple, unlink, unyoke

scatter, splay, spread
Near Antonyms of ray

approach, close in (on), near

center (on), centralize

connect, couple, join, link, unite
Antonyms of ray

concentrate, converge, focus, funnel, meet

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