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, rod, terminal, pole

4. perch, rod, polenoun

   a square rod of land

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

6. gat, rodnoun

   a gangster's pistol

   Synonyms:
   perch, retinal rod, rod cell, rod, 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. Rod Rosenstein:

   We need to avoid any temptation to compromise important principles and seek a short-term benefit at the expense of long-term values. The Department of Justice, in which I serve, must never be Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

2. Hai Lam:

   Starting this year, I think Shaquille O’Neal invested in a team, A-Rod invested in a team, Rick Fox owns a team. It’s all these celebrities and big money people from the industry outside of this are starting to look at this and say ‘hey, this is pretty cool.’ So they’re tossing money now.

3. Donald Trump:

   Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's highly respected, very good guy, very smart guy. The Democrats like The Democrats, the Republicans like The Democrats.

4. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:

   You know this is part of a pattern that the right and the far-right and, frankly, the President is consistent with, he doesn't have another woman, Hillary Clinton or whoever else, to vilify anymore so they need to find another woman to kind of prop up and become a lightning rod.

5. Alexander Knyazev:

   The IRPT, acting as a legal political force, had served as a lightning rod (for dissent), deflecting radical Islam, its closure and official pressure on its members is likely to push many pious Muslims out of officially registered mosques into underground ones.