Synonyms for rail

noun

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports
• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll
• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)
• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
• short for railway

verb

• enclose with rails
• criticize severely
• complain bitterly
• separate with a railing
• spread negative information about
• travel by rail or train
• convey (goods etc.) by rails
• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat
• lay with rails
• provide with rails