Synonyms for Tube
tub, tyubtube

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. tube, tubingnoun

   conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

   Synonyms:
   subway system, tube, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, metro, thermionic tube, thermionic valve

2. tube, vacuum tube, thermionic vacuum tube, thermionic tube, electron tube, thermionic valvenoun

   electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

   Synonyms:
   subway system, tube, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, metro, thermionic tube, thermionic valve

3. pipe, tubenoun

   a hollow cylindrical shape

   Synonyms:
   underground, pipework, subway, organ pipe, tube-shaped structure, thermionic valve, tube, pipe, thermionic vacuum tube, piping, subway system, thermionic tube, vacuum tube, tubing, metro, tobacco pipe, pipage, electron tube

4. tube, tube-shaped structurenoun

   (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

   Synonyms:
   subway system, tube, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, metro, thermionic tube, thermionic valve

5. metro, tube, underground, subway system, subwayverb

   an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

   "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, metro, electron tube, underground, subway, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, thermionic valve, underpass, subway system, thermionic tube, tube

6. tubeverb

   provide with a tube or insert a tube into

7. tubeverb

   convey in a tube

   "inside Paris, they used to tube mail"

8. tubeverb

   ride or float on an inflated tube

   "We tubed down the river on a hot summer day"

9. tubeverb

   place or enclose in a tube

Matched Categories

1. • Conduit
   • Convey
   • Electronic Device
   • Enclose
   • Provide
   • Ride

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. tubenoun

   Synonyms:
   pipe, hollow cylinder

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1. tubenoun

   Synonyms:
   pipe, valinch

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "tube":

   pipe, tubing, tubes, crt, pipeline, hose, floater, pipes, socket, microtube, line, subway

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1. List of known nicknames for "Tube":

   Frank Heiss, Heiss, Frank

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How to use Tube in a sentence?

1. Riccardo Ricciardi Jr.:

   The prostate is a gland that surrounds the urethra, and as men get older, the gland gets enlarged, and it squeezes on that tube so it restricts the flow of urine out of the bladder.

2. Gore Vidal:

   The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie answers questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.

3. Dan Smith:

   We haven't done anything like this for a long time. It's been very special for us and it's a pleasure to do something different, it is nice that we all live in London, we can walk into a tube and come to a gig.

4. William Arthur Ward:

   Wise are they who have learned these truths Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.

5. Patrick Cullinan:

   Partial DNRs( Do Not Resuscitate orders) are helpful in allowing families to feel empowered and have some input, those staunchly ‘ all ’ or ‘ nothing ’ don’t understand subtleties in providing the most compassionate and appropriate care. By placing an unwanted tube, you steal their last opportunity to talk to their family, to tell them ‘ I love you. ’.