Synonyms for radiate
verb
To send forth from a center
shed, diffuse, spread, disperse, shoot in all directions, irradiate, emit, emit in rays, transmit, disseminate, broadcast, dispel, strew, scatter, sprinkle, circulate, send out in rays from a point, throw out, branch out, expand, widen; see also scatter 2, spread 3.
To shed light or heat
beam, shine, light up, illumine, heat, warm, circulate, brighten, illuminate, irradiate, glitter, glisten, glow, glare, gleam, glimmer, flare, blaze, flicker, sparkle, flash, scintillate, shimmer, coruscate, reflect, fulgurate; see also light 1, shine 1.
See radiate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To emit a bright light:
beam, blaze1, burn, gleam, glow, incandesce, shine. See lightTo send out heat, light, or energy:
cast, emit, irradiate, project, shed, throw. See moveTo extend over a wide area:
circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, scatter, spread, strew. See move, wide
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