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. Jon Worth:

   On quite a few corridors, rail could get a share of multimodal transportation way above the current one. Rail operators have focused on maximizing profit rather than market share. The latter can only be achieved either by running railways as a public service or by introducing more competition.

2. Metro Vancouver:

   All south shore of the Burrard inlet port operations have been shut down, including rail and truck access.

3. Rick Jager:

   The areas include both bus and rail divisions, landscape irrigation, toilets and wash basins and mobile cleaning vehicles, all require the need for metering devices, not only to reduce water use but also for capturing run-off after cleaning and recycling the liquid captured.

4. Emily Ferris:

   We're still talking about huge amounts of territory -- Ukraine is massive -- even if they are just focusing on the east and the south. Some of the claims from senior commanders that they're going to be establishing a land corridor across the south of Ukraine, it's still a huge task, the fact that they've not been able to take major cities and major rail hubs before is still a problem. I think that's going to persist.

5. Norman Braman:

   The water is already there, we don't have to wait 10 to 15 years to build a rail system.