Synonyms for rod
rɒdrod

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1. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   skyfish

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1. rodnoun

   a long thin implement made of metal or wood

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

2. rodnoun

   any rod-shaped bacterium

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

3. perch, rod, polenoun

   a linear measure of 16.5 feet

   Synonyms:
   retinal rod, perch, celestial pole, rod cell, gat, magnetic pole, terminal, pole

4. perch, rod, polenoun

   a square rod of land

   Synonyms:
   retinal rod, perch, celestial pole, rod cell, gat, magnetic pole, terminal, pole

5. rod, rod cell, retinal rodnoun

   a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

6. gat, rodnoun

   a gangster's pistol

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, gat, pole

Matched Categories

1. • Area Unit
   • Bacterium
   • Implement
   • Linear Unit
   • Pistol
   • Visual Cell

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1. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   twig, shoot

2. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   wand, slender stick

3. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   switch, scourge, birch

4. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   pole, perch

5. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   CUE

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1. rodnoun

   Synonyms:
   wand, cane, stick, pole, perch, 16-1/2 feet

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1. List of paraphrases for "rod":

   roed, dipstick, cane, bar, pushrod, rudd, stem, wand, ruud, stems, stalk, stick, crd, tie-rod, splint, shoot

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1. Ryan Goodwin:

   The new device has a magnetic actuator, so it’s an expandable rod so once it’s implanted it’s not necessary to go back in with another operation to lengthen it, simply using a magnetic actuator can actually lengthen the rods slowly through the patient’s skin without having to do an operation.

2. Jeff Flake:

   He serves at the President's pleasure, so The President can fire The President. I sincerely hope that he doesn't. People worry about about the domino — if Attorney General Sessions goes, who's next ? Is it Rod Rosenstein ? Obviously, the President's comments yesterday, The President just keeps going further and further, attorney General Sessions did the right thing to recuse Attorney General Sessions. And for The President to say otherwise just is simply wrong. So I hope that The President stops trying to undermine the credibility of the Department of Justice, and let Attorney General Sessions serve.

3. Pramod Giri:

   Fortunately, the rod did not pierce any major blood vessels in the brain.

4. President Barack Obama:

   While he was seen by his fiercest critics as a partisan lightning rod, that's not the prism through which Ted Kennedy saw the world, nor was it the prism through which his colleagues saw Ted Kennedy.

5. Mathew Schmalz:

   We're at a special point where America is finally coming to terms with its religious diversity. We're not just Christians, we're Muslims, Hindus, it shows President Obama is a lightning rod of the differing perceptions of what it means to be an American president.