1K+ Words That Rhyme With RAY

• thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America

• the month following April and preceding June

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

• a theatrical performance of a drama

• a preset plan of action in team sports

• a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill

• a state in which action is feasible

• utilization or exercise

• an attempt to get something

• activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules

• (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds

• the removal of constraints

• a weak and tremulous light

• verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)

• movement or space for movement

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession

• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

• the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

• participate in games or sport

• act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome

• play on an instrument

• play a role or part

• be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children

• replay (as a melody)

• perform music on (a musical instrument)

• pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind

• move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly

• bet or wager (money)

• engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion

• pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity

• emit recorded sound

• perform on a certain location

• put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game

• engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously

• behave in a certain way

• cause to emit recorded audio or video

• manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination

• use to one's advantage

• consider not very seriously

• be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way

• behave carelessly or indifferently

• cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space

• perform on a stage or theater

• be performed or presented for public viewing

• cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

• discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream

• make bets

• stake on the outcome of an issue

• shoot or hit in a particular manner

• use or move

• employ in a game or in a specific position

• contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle

• exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

• the chance to speak

• express in words

• report or maintain

• express a supposition

• have or contain a certain wording or form

• give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority

• speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way

• communicate or express nonverbally

• utter aloud

• state as one's opinion or judgement; declare

• recite or repeat a fixed text

• indicate

• continuing or remaining in a place or state

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

• a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

• (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• stay put (in a certain place)

• dwell

• continue in a place, position, or situation

• remain behind

• stop or halt

• stay behind

• hang on during a trial of endurance

• stop a judicial process

• fasten with stays

• overcome or allay

• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

• a narrative poem of popular origin

• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

• not of or from a profession

• put into a certain place or abstract location

• put in a horizontal position

• prepare or position for action or operation

• lay eggs

• impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

• something that remunerates

• give money, usually in exchange for goods or services

• convey, as of a compliment, regards, attention, etc.; bestow

• cancel or discharge a debt

• bring in

• do or give something to somebody in return

• dedicate

• be worth it

• render

• bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action

• make a compensation for

• discharge or settle

• the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)

• a pesticide in suspension or solution; intended for spraying

• a quantity of small objects flying through the air

• flower arrangement consisting of a single branch or shoot bearing flowers and foliage

• a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist

• water in small drops in the atmosphere; blown from waves or thrown up by a waterfall

• a jet of vapor

• be discharged in sprays of liquid

• scatter in a mass or jet of droplets

• cover by spraying with a liquid

• an animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

• not close together in time

• (of an animal) having no home or having wandered away from home

• move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment

• wander from a direct course or at random

• lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)

• used of an opponent's ground

• from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

• from one's possession

• out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)

• out of existence

• at a distance in space or time

• indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily

• so as to be removed or gotten rid of

• freely or at will

• in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)

• in a different direction

• in reserve; not for immediate use

• not present; having left

• (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter

• an analytic or interpretive literary composition

• a tentative attempt

• make an effort or attempt

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• an endorsement

• in a satisfactory or adequate manner

• being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition

• give sanction to

• the present time or age

• the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow)

• in these times

• on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow

• An exclamation to get attention.

• A protest or reprimand.

• An expression of surprise.

• An informal greeting, similar to hi.

• A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.

• A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.

• (country dancing) A choreographic figure in which three or more dancers weave between one another, passing by left and right shoulder alternately.

• The name of the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

• The name of the first letter of the Old South Arabian abjad.

• someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex

• bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• given to social pleasures often including dissipation

• brightly colored and showy

• offering fun and gaiety

• homosexual or arousing homosexual desires

• address a deity, a prophet, a saint or an object of worship; say a prayer

• call upon in supplication; entreat

• an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

• the sound of a hound on the scent

• small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

• a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital

• a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose

• a small recess opening off a larger room

• a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

• (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

• utter in deep prolonged tones

• bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

• United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1898-1978)

• a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

• United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

• water soaked soil; soft wet earth

• the dead body of a human being

• a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

• English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)

• clothing that is a grey color

• English poet best known for his elegy written in a country churchyard (1716-1771)

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

• American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)

• horse of a light gray or whitish color

• United States botanist who specialized in North American flora and who was an early supporter of Darwin's theories of evolution (1810-1888)

• the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad

• of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

• showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

• used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

• intermediate in character or position

• make grey

• turn grey

• grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

• convert (plant material) into hay

• crested largely blue bird

• United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• an open receptacle for holding or displaying or serving articles or food

• a branch of the Tai languages; spoken by the Bouyei people of the province of southern Guizhou, China

• Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.

• Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.

• Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.

• A small, low island largely made of sand or coral.

• The name of the Latin-script letter K.

• A kilometer.

• A thousand of some unit (from kilo-).

• a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies, with capital Dover

• reveal unintentionally

• deliver to an enemy by treachery

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• give away information about somebody

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• time during which some action is awaited

• the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• act later than planned, scheduled, or required

• stop or halt

• slow the growth or development of

• something intended to communicate a particular impression

• something shown to the public

• a visual representation of something

• behavior that makes your feelings public

• exhibiting openly in public view

• an electronic device that represents information in visual form

• to show, make visible or apparent

• attract attention by displaying some body part or posing; of animals

• found in the ordinary course of events

• appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

• commonplace and ordinary

• at half the distance; at the middle

• equally distant from the extremes

• at a point midway between two extremes

• including only half or a portion

• a victory cheer

• pay back

• make repayment for or return something

• act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions

• answer back

• Ah! alas!

• Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.

• Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.

• In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said. Compare what, pardon.

• An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of an individual addressed by the speaker

• Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.

• An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.

• Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time.

• any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey

• United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)

• a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

• Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1536-1554)

• clothing that is a grey color

• Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)

• horse of a light gray or whitish color

• of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

• showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair

• used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)

• intermediate in character or position

• make grey

• turn grey

• a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

• animal hunted or caught for food

• profit from in an exploitatory manner

• prey on or hunt for

• the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

• one of four playing cards in a deck having three pips

• have a certain weight

• show consideration for; take into account

• determine the weight of

• have weight; have import, carry weight

• to be oppressive or burdensome

• yes

• not only so, but

• used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement

• in any way whatsoever

• an anniversary of the day on which a person was born (or the celebration of it)

• the date on which a person was born

• the day immediately before today

• the recent past

• on the day preceding today

• in the recent past; only a short time ago

• a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences

• a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group; found in barite

• a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers

• music written for a ballet

• an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present

• a pleasingly sweet olfactory property

• a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold