Synonyms for rail
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1. railverb

   Synonyms:
   censure, scold, bluster, scoff, chide, objurgate

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1. railing, railnoun

   a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

   Synonyms:
   rails, track, runway, railing

2. railnoun

   short for railway

   "he traveled by rail"; "he was concerned with rail safety"

   Synonyms:
   rails, track, runway, railing

3. track, rail, rails, runwaynoun

   a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

   Synonyms:
   rails, data track, cartroad, raceway, racecourse, cart track, caterpillar track, caterpillar tread, cut, runway, trail, lead, track, path, railing, course, racetrack, running

4. railnoun

   a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

   Synonyms:
   rails, track, runway, railing

5. railverb

   any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

   Synonyms:
   rails, track, runway, railing

6. rail, inveighverb

   complain bitterly

   Synonyms:
   declaim, fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

7. rail, rail inverb

   enclose with rails

   "rail in the old graves"

   Synonyms:
   fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

8. railverb

   provide with rails

   "The yard was railed"

   Synonyms:
   fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

9. rail, rail offverb

   separate with a railing

   "rail off the crowds from the Presidential palace"

   Synonyms:
   fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

10. railverb

    convey (goods etc.) by rails

    "fresh fruit are railed from Italy to Belgium"

    Synonyms:
    fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

11. train, railverb

    travel by rail or train

    "They railed from Rome to Venice"; "She trained to Hamburg"

    Synonyms:
    aim, educate, cultivate, civilise, vituperate, civilize, groom, develop, discipline, take aim, vilify, check, condition, train, direct, coach, trail, inveigh, revile, take, rail off, rail in, fulminate, school, prepare

12. railverb

    lay with rails

    "hundreds of miles were railed out here"

    Synonyms:
    fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

13. railverb

    fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

    "They are railing for fresh fish"

    Synonyms:
    fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

14. vilify, revile, vituperate, railverb

    spread negative information about

    "The Nazi propaganda vilified the Jews"

    Synonyms:
    fulminate, vilify, train, vituperate, revile, rail off, inveigh, rail in

15. fulminate, railverb

    criticize severely

    "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

    Synonyms:
    vituperate, vilify, train, revile, fulminate, rail off, inveigh, rail in

Matched Categories

1. • Abuse
   • Architecture
   • Bar
   • Barrier
   • Complain
   • Denounce
   • Fish
   • Lay
   • Provide
   • Railway
   • Ride
   • Transport

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1. railverb

   Synonyms:
   upbraid, reproach, censure, scoff

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1. List of paraphrases for "rail":

   railway, railroad, railways, train, riel, iron, rails, kcrc, trans-asian, tomur, track-based, track, ramp, kcr, barrier, trains, railing

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1. Austin Gall:

   A lot of what we are first working on is balance, just being able to balance along a rail without falling off or just simple things like footwork and jumping really low small distances.

2. Hector Danisa:

   The industry must be set up, not only to supply us, but to supply the world from here, this hub, South Africa, is going to be the rail hub of other African countries.

3. Hou Yanqi:

   Of course, a further extension from Gyirong is an even longer-term plan. It's up to geographic and technical conditions, financing ability. We believe that far in the future the two will countries be connected by rail.

4. Joseph Szabo:

   The DOT is to be applauded for aggressively moving the ball forward on crude by rail safety.

5. Tom Buterbaugh:

   Mark Tierney were locked and loaded and ready to go, mark Tierney already had a war shot, a white bird on the rail, all of our fire control radars were pointing right at him. It was not going to take long for Mark Tierney to get the weapon away.