tube - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for tube , a list of similar words for tube from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

Synonyms

• metro
• subway
• subway system
• tube
• underground

More generic

• railroad
• railroad line
• railway
• railway line
• railway system

Noun

conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases

Synonyms

• tube
• tubing

More generic

• conduit

More specific

• barrel
• blow tube
• blowgun
• blowpipe
• blowtube
• cannula
• capillary
• capillary tube
• capillary tubing
• catheter
• chromatography column
• cigarette holder
• coil
• column
• drain
• drinking straw
• gun barrel
• hose
• hosepipe
• inner tube
• mouthpiece
• pea shooter
• pipage
• pipe
• piping
• silencer
• siphon
• speaking tube
• stem
• stent
• straw
• syphon
• test tube
• tobacco pipe
• torpedo tube
• venturi
• well point
• wellpoint

Noun

electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope

Synonyms

• electron tube
• thermionic tube
• thermionic vacuum tube
• thermionic valve
• tube
• vacuum tube

More generic

• electronic device

More specific

• X-ray tube
• acorn tube
• diode
• electron multiplier
• gas-discharge tube
• klystron
• magnetron
• pentode
• rectifying tube
• rectifying valve
• television pickup tube
• television-camera tube
• tetrode
• triode

Related

• anode
• cathode
• control grid
• electrode
• grid
• plate

Related

• circuit
• electric circuit
• electrical circuit

Noun

(anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure

Synonyms

• tube
• tube-shaped structure

More generic

• anatomical structure
• bodily structure
• body structure
• complex body part
• structure

More specific

• cochlea
• salpinx
• tubule
• vas
• vessel

Noun

a hollow cylindrical shape

Synonyms

• pipe
• tube

More generic

• cylinder

Verb

place or enclose in a tube

Synonyms

• tube

More generic

• enclose
• enfold
• envelop
• enwrap
• wrap

Verb

ride or float on an inflated tube

Synonyms

• tube

More generic

• ride

Verb

convey in a tube

Synonyms

• tube

More generic

• bring
• convey
• take

Verb

provide with a tube or insert a tube into

Synonyms

• tube

More generic

• furnish
• provide
• render
• supply

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