Ray, beam are comparable when they denote a shaft of light.
Category: Synonyms
Ravage vs Devastate vs Waste vs Sack vs Pillage vs Despoil vs Spoliate
Ravage, devastate, waste, sack, pillage, despoil, spoliate are comparable when they mean to lay waste or bare by acts of violence (as plundering or destroying).
Rational vs Reasonable
Rational, reasonable may be applied to men, their acts, utterances, or policies in the senses of having or manifesting the power to reason, or of being in accordance with what reason dictates as right, wise, or sensible.
Ration vs Allowance vs Dole vs Pittance
Ration, allowance, dole, pittance denote the amount of food, supplies, or money allotted to an individual.
Ratify vs Confirm
Ratify, confirm are comparable when they mean to make something legally valid or operative.
Rank vs Rampant
Rank, rampant mean growing or increasing at an immoderate rate.
Range vs Gamut vs Reach vs Radius vs Compass vs Sweep vs Scope vs Orbit vs Horizon vs Ken vs Purview
Range, gamut, reach, radius, compass, sweep, scope, orbit, horizon, ken, purview can denote the extent that lies within the powers of something to cover, grasp, control, or traverse.
Random vs Haphazard vs Chance vs Chancy vs Casual vs Desultory vs Hit-or-miss vs Happy-go-lucky
Random, haphazard, chance, chancy, casual, desultory, hit-or-miss, happy-go-lucky are comparable when they mean having a cause or a character that is determined by accident rather than by design or by method.
Race vs Nation vs People
Race, nation, people even though in technical use they are commonly differentiated, are often used popularly and interchangeably to designate one of a number of great divisions of mankind, each made up of an aggregate of persons who are thought of, or think of themselves, as comprising a distinct unit. In technical discriminations, all more or less controversial […]
Quote vs Cite vs Repeat
Quote, cite, repeat are not close synonyms, though all mean to speak or write again something already said or written by another.
Quicken vs Animate vs Enliven vs Vivify
Quicken, animate, enliven, vivify can mean to make alive or lively, but the words diverge more or less widely in their implications.
Quick vs Prompt vs Ready vs Apt
Quick, prompt, ready, apt are comparable when they apply to persons, their mental operations, their acts, and their words and mean having or manifesting the ability to respond without delay or hesitation.