radiate
Spread from center
Radiate means to emit energy, light, or heat outward from a central point in all directions, like rays from a sun.
This core meaning of spreading outward informs most uses: heat radiates from a fire, pain can radiate down your arm, and a person can radiate confidence or joy.
The adjective radiate describes things arranged like rays around a center, as in certain flower heads or starfish arms.
She radiated calm despite the chaos around her.
Steady, soft light
- beamStructural support member
- shineEmit or reflect light
- emanateTo issue forth
- exudeDischarge gradually through pores
project · convey · express · emit · spread · diffuse · permeate · suffuse
Heatless light emission
- glowSteady, soft light
- shineEmit or reflect light
- beamStructural support member
- illuminateSupply with radiance
phosphorescence · fluorescence · incandescence · shimmer · gleam · sparkle · brightness · luminosity
Release outward
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- releaseTo let go
- transmitTo send onward
- broadcastTransmitted media signal
diffuse · disperse · scatter · propagate · disseminate · send · expel · project
Attractive personal quality
- magnetismForce between poles
- presenceState of being somewhere
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- appealFormal review request
confidence · energy · aura · poise · grace · dynamism · personality · influence
Pertaining to warmth
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- warmthHeat you feel
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
convection · heater · furnace · heating · emission · transfer · dissipate · absorb
glow
Steady, soft light
exude · project · convey · express · emit · spread · diffuse · permeate · suffuse · fill
luminescence
Heatless light emission
illuminate · phosphorescence · fluorescence · incandescence · shimmer · gleam · sparkle · brightness · luminosity · brilliance
emit
Release outward
broadcast · diffuse · disperse · scatter · propagate · disseminate · send · expel · project · distribute
charm
Attractive personal quality
appeal · confidence · energy · aura · poise · grace · dynamism · personality · influence · power
thermal
Pertaining to warmth
- infraredHeat-bearing electromagnetic waves
- warmthHeat you feel
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
conduction · convection · heater · furnace · heating · emission · transfer · dissipate · absorb · reflect
spoke
Communicated verbally
fan · pinwheel · spiral · concentric · symmetry · axis · center · outward · diverge · branch
radiateconverge
Meet at a point
concentrate · centralize · gather · focus · collect
- radiant heatingSurface-emitted thermal energy
- background radiationResidual energy from early universe
- X-ray radiationShort-wavelength electromagnetic emission
- radiant heatersDevices emitting warming electromagnetic waves
- nuclear radiationEnergy from atomic decay
- UV radiationInvisible high-energy light waves
radiant, radiance, radiation, radiator, radial, radiating, radiators, radiated, irradiate