Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb radiate
8 senses of radiate
Sense 1
radiate -- (send out rays or waves; "The sun radiates heat")
=> emit, give out, give off -- (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits")
Sense 2
radiate -- (send out real or metaphoric rays; "She radiates happiness")
=> emit, breathe, pass off -- (expel (gases or odors))
Sense 3
radiate, ray -- (extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center; "spokes radiate from the hub of the wheel"; "This plants radiate spines in all directions")
=> run, go, pass, lead, extend -- (stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets")
Sense 4
glow, beam, radiate, shine -- (have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna")
=> look, appear, seem -- (give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time")
Sense 5
radiate -- (cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays; "The sun is radiating")
=> cause to be perceived -- (have perceptible qualities)
Sense 6
glow, beam, radiate, shine -- (experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness")
=> feel, experience -- (undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind; "She felt resentful"; "He felt regret")
Sense 7
radiate -- (issue or emerge in rays or waves; "Heat radiated from the metal box")
=> issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress -- (come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves")
Sense 8
diversify, radiate -- (spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate; "The plants on this island diversified")
=> change, alter, vary -- (become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season")
Antonyms of adj radiating
1 sense of radiating
Sense 1
radiating (prenominal) -- (diverging from a common point)
INDIRECT (VIA divergent) -> convergent -- (tending to come together from different directions)
Similarity of adj radiating
1 sense of radiating
Sense 1
radiating (prenominal) -- (diverging from a common point)
=> divergent (vs. convergent), diverging -- (tending to move apart in different directions)