Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun raffles

1 sense of raffles

Sense 1
Raffles, Sir Thomas Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles -- (British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826))
       INSTANCE OF=> administrator, executive -- (someone who manages a government agency or department)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun raffle

1 sense of raffle

Sense 1
raffle -- (a lottery in which the prizes are goods rather than money)
       => lottery, drawing -- (players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb raffle

1 sense of raffle

Sense 1
raffle, raffle off -- (dispose of in a lottery; "We raffled off a trip to the Bahamas")
       => give, gift, present -- (give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her for her birthday?")