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

Need another word that means the same as “spectrum”? Find 5 synonyms and 30 related words for “spectrum” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Spectrum” are: range, gamut, sweep, scope, span

Spectrum as a Noun

Definitions of "Spectrum" as a noun

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

• A broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities.
• A characteristic series of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation emitted or absorbed by a substance.
• An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave.
• A band of colours, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light by their different degrees of refraction according to wavelength.
• A wide range.
• The entire range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
• Used to classify something in terms of its position on a scale between two extreme points.
• The components of a sound or other phenomenon arranged according to such characteristics as frequency, charge, and energy.

Synonyms of "Spectrum" as a noun (5 Words)

gamut	The lowest note in the gamut scale. The orchestral gamut.
range	The scope of a person’s knowledge or abilities. The chimpanzee extensively overlaps the gorilla in its forest range.
scope	A telescope microscope or other device having a name ending in scope. The scope for major change is always limited by political realities.
span	The wingspan of an aircraft or a bird. An eight span bridge.
sweep	A sweepstake. The sweep of the plains.

Usage Examples of "Spectrum" as a noun

• The left or the right of the political spectrum.
• Self-help books are covering a broader and broader spectrum.

Associations of "Spectrum" (30 Words)

ambit	An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control. A full discussion of this complex issue was beyond the ambit of one book.
aurora	A natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky especially near the northern or southern magnetic pole The effect is caused by the interaction of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the upper atmosphere In northern and southern regions it is respectively called aurora borealis or Northern Lights and aurora australis or Southern Lights.
breadth	The distance or measurement from side to side of something; width. The boat measured 27 feet in breadth.
chain	A decorative chain worn round the neck as jewellery or as a badge of office. As an actuary you will not be chained to a desk.
choice	The right or ability to choose. He had a few choice words at his command.
concatenation	The act of linking together as in a series or chain. It was caused by an improbable concatenation of circumstances.
delimit	Be opposite to; of angles and sides, in geometry. Agreements delimiting fishing zones.
distribution	The spatial or geographic property of being scattered about over a range, area, or volume. Changes undergone by the area have affected the distribution of its wildlife.
extent	The point or degree to which something extends. An enclosure ten acres in extent.
grade	A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. She teaches first grade.
illuminant	A means of lighting or source of light. Until 1880 oil was the only illuminant in use.
light	Characterized by or emitting light. Can you shed light on this problem.
measurement	The action of measuring something. The measurements were carefully done.
mirage	Something illusory and unattainable. The hope of sanctuary initially proved a mirage.
option	Buy or sell an option on. His second script will have been optioned by the time you read this.
orbit	Move in an orbit. He s out of my orbit.
radiation	Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation e g exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases severe exposure can cause death within hours. The radiation dose.
rainbow	An arch of colours visible in the sky caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun s light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere The colours of the rainbow are generally said to be red orange yellow green blue indigo and violet. All the colours of the rainbow.
range	Obtain the range of a target by adjustment after firing past it or short of it or by the use of radar or laser equipment. The army maintains a missile range in the desert.
rover	A player who has a rover ball. A lunar rover.
scope	Set the scope of a projected undertaking. Within the scope of an investigation.
shimmer	Give off a shimmering reflection as of silk. The shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers.
sky	Throw or toss with a light motion. Hundreds of stars were shining in the sky.
straddle	Be noncommittal. The crew of a plane straddled the submarine with depth charges.
suffuse	To become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light. His whole frame suffused with a cold dew.
tether	Tie with a tether. Tether horses.
tier	One of two or more layers one atop another. Tier upon tier of huge casks.
ultraviolet	Of equipment or techniques using or concerned with ultraviolet radiation. An ultraviolet telescope.
wavelength	A wavelength as a distinctive feature of radio waves from a transmitter. They are on the same wavelength.
width	The extent of something from side to side. The width of experience required for these positions.