Synonyms for radius
ˈreɪ di əs; -diˌaɪra·dius

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. radius, rnoun

   the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere

   Synonyms:
   r, gas constant, universal gas constant, roentgen, spoke, wheel spoke

2. radiusnoun

   a straight line from the center to the perimeter of a circle (or from the center to the surface of a sphere)

   Synonyms:
   r, spoke, wheel spoke

3. radiusnoun

   a circular region whose area is indicated by the length of its radius

   "they located it within a radius of 2 miles"

   Synonyms:
   r, spoke, wheel spoke

4. radiusnoun

   the outer and slightly shorter of the two bones of the human forearm

   Synonyms:
   r, spoke, wheel spoke

5. spoke, wheel spoke, radiusnoun

   support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim

   Synonyms:
   rundle, r, rung, spoke, wheel spoke

Matched Categories

1. • Arm Bone
   • Length
   • Region
   • Straight Line
   • Support

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "radius":

   radio, ray, beam, radii, rayon, aisle, sunbeam, range, jolt

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1. National Police spokesman Prawut Thavonsiri:

   These mix of chemicals you can easily obtain anywhere legally, but when you combine them, they become a chemical that is quick to catch fire and can be developed to become a detonator, this formula can also be used to enlarge the radius of the bomb. It could be used for both of the bombings. But when the bomb detonates, this element (if used in the bomb) would disappear immediately because it's an amplifier.

2. Hisahiro Sugiura:

   At the time of the bid, it's true that we pledged to keep close 80 percent of the venues within an 8 km radius to lighten the burden on athletes, but as we've looked further into the venues from the aspect of cost and the impact on the lives of people in Tokyo and in Japan, the need to rethink this has emerged.

3. Sean Loudin:

   We are the large regional hospital in a three-hour radius, and we were turning down sick and needy babies from other hospitals.

4. Trump State Director Chuck Laudner:

   In Spencer, we had 1,500 people, and they came from an hour radius. That's probably more people than vote in the caucus in the area, in Clay County (where Spencer is located), they had 700 people on caucus night. Now what if we only get half of them? We win.

5. Albert Einstein:

   The horizon of many people is a circle with a radius of zero. They call this their point of view.