RELAY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for RELAY?

Need another word that means the same as “relay”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “relay” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Relay” are: relay race, broadcast, transmission, programme, communication, telecast, show, feed, pass on, hand on, transfer, repeat, retail, impart, communicate, send, transmit, disseminate, make known, publish, spread, circulate

Relay as a Noun

Definitions of "Relay" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “relay” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An electrical device, typically incorporating an electromagnet, which is activated by a current or signal in one circuit to open or close another circuit.
• A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance.
• A race between teams of runners, each team member in turn covering part of the total distance.
• A device to receive, reinforce, and retransmit a radio or television signal.
• A signal or broadcast transmitted by a relay.
• A fresh team to relieve weary draft animals.
• A crew of workers who relieve another crew.
• Electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit.
• The act of passing something along from one person or group to another.
• A group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group.

Synonyms of "Relay" as a noun (8 Words)

broadcast	A radio or television show. The Queen s annual Christmas TV broadcast.
communication	Means of travelling or of transporting goods, such as roads or railways. Television is an effective means of communication.
feed	An actor who gives a feed to a fellow performer. A paper feed.
programme	A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation. The British nuclear power programme.
relay race	The act of passing something along from one person or group to another.
show	A play or other stage performance, especially a musical. A show of impatience.
telecast	A television broadcast.
transmission	Communication by means of transmitted signals. The transmission of the virus.

Usage Examples of "Relay" as a noun

• The wagons were pulled by relays of horses.
• The relay was successful.
• TV transmitters and relay stations.
• A relay of a performance live from the concert hall.
• Gangs of workers were sent in relays.
• A 550-metre relay race.

Relay as a Verb

Definitions of "Relay" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “relay” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Pass along.
• Broadcast (something) by passing signals received from elsewhere through a transmitting station.
• Control or operate by relay.
• Receive and pass on (information or a message.

Synonyms of "Relay" as a verb (16 Words)

broadcast	Broadcast over the airwaves as in radio or television. The second method is to broadcast the seeds together with not more than 1 kg to the acre of rapeseed.
circulate	Move around freely from person to person or from place to place. Rumours of his arrest circulated.
communicate	Receive Communion, in the Catholic church. Please communicate this message to all employees.
disseminate	Cause to become widely known. There is a subset of these low grade tumours that can disseminate and migrate.
feed	Feed into supply. I could feed my melancholy by reading Romantic poetry.
hand on	Place into the hands or custody of.
impart	Make (information) known. Impart a new skill to the students.
make known	Create or design, often in a certain way.
pass on	Move past.
publish	Communicate (a libel) to a third party. We publish practical reference books.
repeat	Repeat an earlier theme of a composition. He repeated the words after me.
retail	Sell goods to the public by retail. The difficulties in retailing the new products.
send	Send a message or letter. Send your document as a PDF attachment.
spread	Become distributed or widespread. Volcanic eruptions spread dust high into the stratosphere.
transfer	Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work. A transferred use of the Old English noun.
transmit	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. The programme was transmitted on 7 October.

Usage Examples of "Relay" as a verb

• The speech was relayed live from the palace.
• Please relay the news to the villagers.
• She intended to relay everything she had learned.

Associations of "Relay" (30 Words)

address	Write the name and address of the intended recipient on an envelope letter or parcel. I addressed my letter to him personally.
addressee	The person to whom something is addressed. The contents of the letters were calculated to cause distress to the individual addressee.
airmail	Send or transport by airmail. Letters to Europe from the U S are best airmailed.
bulletin	Make public by bulletin.
consignee	The person to whom merchandise is delivered over.
convey	Take something or somebody with oneself somewhere. Pipes were laid to convey water to the house.
correspondence	Communication by exchanging letters, emails, or other messages. There is a simple correspondence between the distance of a focused object from the eye and the size of its image on the retina.
courier	Send goods or documents by courier. A courier disguised as a commercial traveller.
delivery	The supply or provision of something. His reluctant delivery of bad news.
email	Send a message by email. You can email me at my normal address.
envelope	The maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft. The external envelope of the swimming pool.
interact	Communicate or be involved directly. All the stages in the process interact.
mail	A single delivery or collection of mail. You can order by mail.
mailbox	A computer file in which email messages received by a particular user are stored.
mailing	Mail sent by a sender at one time. The postmark indicates the time of mailing.
medley	Make a medley of intermix. The 400 m individual medley.
message	Send a message to. Select an option to delete your mail messages.
messenger	Send a document or package by messenger. Could you have it messengered over to me.
post	The system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office. Smith and Lamb posted a century partnership.
postage	The sending of letters and parcels by post. Proof of postage is required.
postal	Of or relating to the system for delivering mail. Postal services.
postcard	A card for sending a message by post without an envelope, typically having a photograph or other illustration on one side. He promised to send me a picture postcard.
postmaster	The person in charge of a post office.
recipient	Receiving or capable of receiving something. The recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
respond	Respond favorably or as hoped. She responded to his grin with a smile.
send	Send a message or letter. It s the spectacle and music that send us not the words.
sender	A person who sends or transmits a message, letter, email, etc. Senders of unwanted emails.
spam	Unwanted or intrusive advertising on the internet. An autogenerated spam website.
transmit	Transmit or serve as the medium for transmission. Transmit a message.
transport	A convict who was transported to a penal colony. The transport of crude oil.