ray

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of RAY

to emit rays of light <klieg lights were raying against the nighttime sky at the Hollywood premiere>

Synonyms beam, radiate, ray

Related Words blaze, burn, fire, flame, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, luminesce, sheen, shimmer; blink, coruscate, flare, flash, flicker, luster (or lustre), scintillate, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink, winkle; beat (down), glare; brighten, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, light, lighten; bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle

Near Antonyms blacken, darken; lower (also lour)

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 branch, fan (out), ray

Related Words diffuse, dispel, disperse, dissipate; fork, stem; diverge, divide, part, ramify, separate, split, uncouple, unlink, unyoke; scatter, splay, spread; arise, derive, emanate, flow, issue, proceed, spring

Near Antonyms approach, close in (on), near; center (on), centralize; connect, couple, join, link, unite

Antonyms concentrate, converge, focus, funnel, meet

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