Definition for Irradiate:

• To illuminate; shine.

Synonyms for Irradiate:

• n.

  •
  • anesthetize,
  • bypass,
  • catch,
  • catheterize,
  • attend,
  • bandage,
  • cauterize,
  • bleed,
  • bring back,
  • anaesthetize.
  •
  • cast,
  • flash,
  • catch the light,
  • glare,
  • gleam,
  • flare,
  • project,
  • sparkle,
  • move,
  • blaze,
  • glow,
  • emit.
  •
  • can,
  • dry,
  • cure,
  • dehydrate,
  • freeze,
  • bottle.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • irradiate.
  •illuminate (verb)
  • brighten.
  •radiate (verb)
  • dis tribute,
  • shoots out,
  • dis tributes,
  • dis-tribute,
  • dis-tributes.
  •shine (verb)
  • be dazzles,
  • be-dazzled,
  • gave light,
  • be-dazzle,
  • be dazzle,
  • be-dazzles,
  • emitted light,
  • be dazzling,
  • be-dazzling,
  • giving light,
  • gives light.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • illumine,
  • quick-freeze,
  • refrigerate,
  • flash-freeze.
  •
  • dehydration,
  • homogenize,
  • shed.
  •
  • pickle.
  •
  • smoke.
  •
  • throw.
  •
  • pack.

Paraphrases for Irradiate:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    radiate.
  • Verb, base form
    radiate.

Antonyms for Irradiate:

• v.

  • illuminate
    depress, dull, upset, darken.
  • Other antonyms:
    cover, inhale, veil, put out, quench, blacken, absorb.

Irradiate Sentence Examples:

• Eighty thousand pounds have already been expended upon the venerable pile, yet the work is still going on, and Newstead promises to realize the hope faintly breathed by the poet when bidding it a melancholy farewell - " Haply thy sun emerging, yet may shine, Thee to irradiate with meridian ray; Hours splendid as the past may still be thine, And bless thy future, as thy former day."

Hypernym for Irradiate:

• v.

  • change
    bombard.

Hyponym for Irradiate:

• v.

  • change
    lighten up, process, treat, lighten.
  • communication
    vaticinate, prophesy.