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. Mark Bailey:

   Every resource has been made available to accelerate recovery works, queensland Rail expects to reopen the full length of the 1,000-km Mount Isa line from Monday, April 29.

2. Kevin Paffrath:

   He misstated our surplus, lied about ending the high speed rail, and is finally recognizing that this is a Californian recall, not a Republican recall.

3. Qube Chairman Chris Corrigan:

   You do require the container terminal operators to service rail in an intelligent fashion. They'll do that either at their own volition or they'll be told to do it by government, it's more of a 'steady-as-she-goes' type of proposal from Brookfield.

4. Walton Naezon:

   The balance is the second phase to be approved, which includes things like underground work, china Rail will bring their own machines. They will employ 70% local labor and the rest will be their own staff.

5. Jonathan Daniels:

   That in itself will just overwhelm the port facilities, you're not able to get the cargo off the ports when you consider the backlogs within the rail and the road network.