radiate

1. 1.

   arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center

   “radial symmetry”

   “a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals”

   “many cities show a radial pattern of main highways”

   Synonymsradialstellate

   Similarsymmetrical
2. 2.

   having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies

   Similarcompound

Other forms of radiate

past tense

radiated·

present participle

radiating·

third person

radiates·

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 radiate

What does radiate mean?

radiate means "send out rays or waves". That is the primary sense; the word has 10 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in radiate?

radiate has 3 syllables: ra-di-ate. The stress falls on "ra". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪdiət/.

What is another word for radiate?

Close synonyms include ray, glow, beam, shine, glow. 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 radiate a common word?

radiate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.