ra

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Interjection

1. {{alternative spelling of|en|rah||exclamation of encouragement}}.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|military|nautical}} {{init of|en|rear admiral}}, a rank in the [[Royal Navy]].
2. {{lb|en|biochemistry}} {{init of|en|w:receptor agonist}}.
3. {{lb|en|Philippines|law}} {{init of|en|[[republic]] [[act]]}}.
4. {{lb|en|medicine}} {{init of|en|[[rescue]] [[ambulance]]}}.
5. {{init of|en|w:research assistant}}.
6. {{lb|en|education}} {{init of|en|w:resident assistant}}: a trained student leader, within a college or university, who is given the responsibility of supervising students living in a [[w:Dormitory|residence hall]].
7. {{lb|en|aviation}} {{init of|en|resolution advisory}} {{gloss|a type of [[TCAS]] warning}}.
8. {{init of|en|[[restricted]] [[area]]}}: an area that only authorized people can enter.
9. {{lb|en|pathology}} {{init of|en|rheumatoid arthritis}}.
10. {{lb|en|astronomy}} {{init of|en|right ascension}}.
11. {{lb|en|anatomy|medicine}} {{init of|en|[[right]] [[atrium]]}}.
12. {{init of|en|[[roughness]] [[average]]}}

Proper noun

1. {{init of|en|w:Royal Academy}}.
2. {{init of|en|w:Royal Artillery}}: a [[regiment]] in the {{w|British Army}}.
3. {{init of|en|Republic of Armenia}}.
4. {{lb|en|music}} {{init of|en|w:Resident Advisor}}.
5. The {{w|Provisional Irish Republican Army}}.

Phrase

1. {{lb|en|Islam}} {{init of|en|ar:رَضِيَ ٱللهُ عَنْهُ|t=may God be pleased with him}}: {{ng|a suffixal [[honorific]] used to honour [[companion]]s of [[Muhammad]] (and by extension, the pious deceased in some usage)}}.
2. {{lb|en|Islam}} {{init of|en|ar:رَحْمَةُ ٱللهِ عَلَيْهِ|t=may God have mercy on him}}: {{n-g|a suffixal [[honorific]] used to honour the deceased}}.

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