radiate
1 of 2verb
ra·di·ate ˈrā-dē-ˌāt 
radiated; radiating
intransitive verb
1
: to proceed in a direct line from or toward a center
2
: to send out rays : shine brightly
3
a
: to issue in or as if in rays
b
: to evolve by adaptive radiation
transitive verb
1
: to send out in or as if in rays
2
: irradiate, illuminate
3
: to spread abroad or around as if from a center
radiate
2 of 2adjective
ra·di·ate ˈrā-dē-ət
-ˌāt
: having rays or radial parts: such as
a
: having ray flowers
b
: characterized by radial symmetry : radially symmetrical
radiately adverb
Synonyms
Verb
- branch
- fan (out)
- ray
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Verb The pain was radiating down my arm. The sun radiates heat and light. Heat radiates from the sun.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ty Burr, WSJ, 27 May 2022 Objects warmer than that will radiate heat to the skin; at high temperatures, this means that the skin will be receiving heat from the environment by direct radiation. The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Your face turns red because warm, oxygenated blood rushes to the surface of your skin, which helps heat radiate off of it and prevents you from overheating. Jenny Sugar, Outside Online, 26 Aug. 2022 Poland also plans to join the high-speed club with routes planned to radiate from Warsaw to Lodz, Wroclaw and Poznan. Ben Jones, CNN, 6 July 2022 Stuart, like the actor who portrays him, opened himself to Christ, and both men’s sincerity, humility, and devotion radiate from Father Stu, a stirring depiction of faith’s journey that will be spiritual balm for many of those who see it. Kyle Smith, National Review, 12 Apr. 2022 Chest pain is the classic symptom, but other symptoms associated with heart attacks can be much more subtle, such as a pressure or tightness within the chest that can sometimes radiate to the jaw, arms and back. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022 The test image, released to the public in March, showed a brilliant star that appeared to radiate light from six points, a feature of the telescope’s hexagonal mirrors. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 With the men gone, her ideas rip through masses of women eager to see power radiate through circles, rather than up ladders. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022 See More
Verb
Some people are simply the center of the wheel of their times, the hub from which spokes of connection radiate in every direction. Ty Burr, WSJ, 27 May 2022 Objects warmer than that will radiate heat to the skin; at high temperatures, this means that the skin will be receiving heat from the environment by direct radiation. The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022 Your face turns red because warm, oxygenated blood rushes to the surface of your skin, which helps heat radiate off of it and prevents you from overheating. Jenny Sugar, Outside Online, 26 Aug. 2022 Poland also plans to join the high-speed club with routes planned to radiate from Warsaw to Lodz, Wroclaw and Poznan. Ben Jones, CNN, 6 July 2022 Stuart, like the actor who portrays him, opened himself to Christ, and both men’s sincerity, humility, and devotion radiate from Father Stu, a stirring depiction of faith’s journey that will be spiritual balm for many of those who see it. Kyle Smith, National Review, 12 Apr. 2022 Chest pain is the classic symptom, but other symptoms associated with heart attacks can be much more subtle, such as a pressure or tightness within the chest that can sometimes radiate to the jaw, arms and back. Erika Edwards, NBC News, 21 Aug. 2022 The test image, released to the public in March, showed a brilliant star that appeared to radiate light from six points, a feature of the telescope’s hexagonal mirrors. Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022 With the men gone, her ideas rip through masses of women eager to see power radiate through circles, rather than up ladders. Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Verb
Latin radiatus, past participle of radiare, from radius ray
First Known Use
Verb
circa 1619, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
Adjective
1668, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
radiate
verb
ra·di·ate ˈrā-dē-ˌāt
radiated; radiating
1
: to send out rays : shine The sun was radiating in the sky.
2
: to come forth in the form of rays
Light radiates from shining bodies.
3
: to go out in a direct line from a center
Spokes radiate from the center of the wheel.
4
: to spread around from or as if from a center
Word radiated that Royce McNabb had sent Ina-Rae Gage a valentine. Richard Peck, A Year Down Yonder
Richard Peck, A Year Down Yonder5
: to show very clearly
She radiates confidence.
Medical Definition
radiate 1 of 2
verb
ra·di·ate ˈrād-ē-ˌāt
radiated; radiating
intransitive verb
: to issue in or as if in rays : spread from a central point
back pain radiating to both upper legs Tony Miksanek
Tony Miksanektransitive verb
: irradiate
radiate
2 of 2adjective
ra·di·ate ˈrād-ē-ət, -ē-ˌāt
1
: having rays or radial parts
2
: characterized by radial symmetry : radially symmetrical
radiating
verb
1
as in emanating
to extend outwards from or as if from a central point the heat radiating from the fire the spokes of a bicycle wheel radiate from the hub towards the rim Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- emanating
- raying
- flowing
- branching
- diverging
- deriving
- stemming
- diffusing
- dissipating
- dispersing
- arising
- proceeding
- spreading
- splitting
- dispelling
- scattering
- dividing
- ramifying
- separating
- forking
- splaying
- fanning (out)
- springing
- uncoupling
- issuing
- unyoking
- parting
- unlinking
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- focusing
- converging
- concentrating
- funneling
- focussing
- meeting
- approaching
- funnelling
- connecting
- nearing
- centralizing
- coupling
- uniting
- linking
- joining
- centering (on)
- closing in (on)
2
as in shining
to emit rays of light fireflies give off their light by means of a chemical reaction that causes their abdomens to radiate Synonyms & Similar Words
- shining
- glowing
- beaming
- raying
- flashing
- flaring
- gleaming
- shimmering
- flickering
- glittering
- burning
- glinting
- illumining
- glistening
- glimmering
- blazing
- luminescing
- irradiating
- sparkling
- illuminating
- flaming
- coruscating
- spangling
- glistering
- twinkling
- blinding
- lighting
- brightening
- glaring
- firing
- scintillating
- lightening
- blinking
- winking
- dazzling
- sheening
- lustering
- winkling
- lustring
- beating (down)
- bedazzling
- dazing
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- darkening
- blackening
- lowering
- louring
3
as in emitting
to throw or give off the sun radiates tiny amounts of energy in the form of microwaves Synonyms & Similar Words
- emitting
- emanating
- casting
- releasing
- irradiating
- expelling
- exhaling
- issuing
- eliminating
- evolving
- shooting
- discharging
- venting
- pouring
- exuding
- oozing
- erupting
- giving out
- evacuating
- throwing out
- secreting
- excreting
- expiring
- spraying
- sending (out)
- ejecting
- gushing
- outpouring
- spurting
- spewing
- squirting
- spouting
- jetting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- absorbing
- inhaling
- taking up
- sucking (up)
- soaking (up)
- sponging
- quickliest
- quicklime
- quicklimes
- quickly
- quickness
- quicknesses
- quicks
- quicksand
- quicksands
- quickset
- quickset hedge
- quickseter
- quicksetest
- quicksets
- quicksetter
- quicksettest
- quicksilver
- quicksilver rock
- quicksilver vermilion
- quicksilver water
- quicksilver weed
- quicksilvered
- quicksilvering
- quicksilvers
- quicksilvery