Synonyms for reed

Noun

1. reed, gramineous plant, graminaceous plant

usage: tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

2. Reed, John Reed, journalist, communist, commie

usage: United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)

3. Reed, Walter Reed, surgeon, operating surgeon, sawbones

usage: United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902)

4. reed, vibrating reed, vibrator

usage: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"

5. beating-reed instrument, reed, woodwind, woodwind instrument, wood

usage: a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed