array

1. 1.

   lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line

   “lay out the clothes”

   “lay out the arguments”

   Synonymsrangelay outset out

   Broaderarrange

   Narrowercompart
2. 2.

   align oneself with a group or a way of thinking

   Synonymsalign

   Broaderstand

   Narrowerfall in lineside

Other forms of array

plural

arrays·

past tense

arrayed·

present participle

arraying·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about array

What does array mean?

array means "an orderly arrangement". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in array?

array has 2 syllables: ar-ray. The stress falls on "ray". In IPA it is /ɚˈeɪ/.

What is another word for array?

Close synonyms include raiment, regalia, range, lay out, set out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is array a common word?

array is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with array?

16 words rhyme with array. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.